一个巴基斯坦法庭把有关被控谋杀罪而遭关押的美国国务院雇员是否享有外交豁免权的裁决推迟到下个月。
戴维斯被控上个月在巴基斯坦东部城市拉合尔一次指称的企图抢劫事件中开枪打死两名巴基斯坦人。美国说，戴维斯开枪是出于自卫，而且他是一名外交官，应根据国际公约立即释放他。星期四，拉合尔的高等法院同意了巴基斯坦政府要求将庭审推迟3个星期的请求。这家法庭现在要在3月14号考虑戴维斯的外交身份问题。
美国国务院表示，为了争取戴维斯获释，国务院将提交使他获得外交豁免的正式申请。国务院的一位发言人说，戴维斯是美国驻伊斯兰堡大使馆的一名行政和技术人员。
A Pakistani court has delayed until next month a ruling on whether a detained U.S. State Department employee accused of murder has diplomatic immunity.
Raymond Davis is accused of shooting and killing two Pakistanis during an alleged attempted robbery in the eastern city of Lahore last month. The United States says Davis acted in self-defense and is a diplomat who should be released immediately under international conventions. On Thursday, the chief judge of the Lahore High Court granted a Pakistani government request for a three-week delay in the hearing. The court will now consider Davis’s status on March 14.
The State Department says it will present a formal petition for diplomatic immunity in an effort to win his release. A spokesman says Davis is a member of the administrative and technical staff of the U.S. embassy in Islamabad.