An American defence attaché involved in a fatal road accident in Islamabad was allowed to leave Pakistan after the US embassy concluded a ‘diyat’ or blood money deal with the victim’s family, according to media reports on Tuesday. The family of the man who died when his motorcycle was hit by the US diplomat’s SUV will be paid blood money in exchange for not pursuing the matter in court, the Urdu daily Jang quoted its sources as saying. Khan refused to speak on the issue of payment of blood money. Under Pakistan’s qisas (retribution) and diyat (blood money) law, persons accused of killing someone can escape punishment if they are forgiven by the victim’s kin after the payment of blood money. In Hall’s case, the agreement was reached several days before he was allowed to leave Pakistan but the details were kept secret, the media reports said.

Source: Hindustan Times May 15, 2018 14:03 UTC