INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The US diplomat was allegedly involved in a fatal traffic accident in Pakistan
(File photo)Washignton:
A US diplomat who was involved in a fatal traffic accident has left Pakistan, a US
State Department spokesperson said on Monday, two days after the diplomat reportedly was barred from leaving the South Asian country."We can
confirm that the American diplomat who was involved in a tragic car accident on April 7 in Islamabad has departed Pakistan," the
spokesperson said in an email to Reuters.The spokesperson did not identify the US diplomat and provided no further details of the
case.Pakistani newspapers reported that the American, identified as a military attache, was blocked on Saturday from leaving Pakistan,
forcing the US military aircraft sent on his behalf to depart without him.On Friday, an Islamabad court ruled that the American's diplomatic
immunity might not apply in the traffic accident in which his vehicle hit a motorcycle, killing the 22-year-old driver, the Nation and the
Express Tribune newspapers said. © Thomson Reuters 2018For the latest Election Results Live Updates from Karnataka log on to
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