The Raymond Davis affair
A mercenary contracted to American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Raymond Davis recently published his book 'The Contractor: How I Landed in a Pakistani Prison and Ignited a Diplomatic Crisis'. The…
Raymond Davis as metaphor
The Raymond Davis affair in January 2011 is one that embarrassed Pakistanis may well want to forget. The American CIA contractor was charged with shooting dead two alleged armed robbers…
Who is Raymond Davis?
Strangely, the more we get to know about the case of Raymond Davis, the less we seem to know. Even more strangely, the fact that the entire incident happened in…
Beyond Raymond Davis
The Raymond Davis case is the latest in a long series of incidents that have undermined trust and communication between the governments of the US and Pakistan. The loss of…
Raymond Davis and Aimal Kansi
On a cold January morning nearly forty years ago, when I was a Paw, I found myself pushed into an Indian interrogation cell for some softening up. Forced to strip…
The Davis case: a glorious mess
The government has made a glorious mess of the Raymond Allen Davis case. It started off on the wrong foot and has been stumbling since. Stunned by the news that…
Forget Davis
American military officials are telling their Pakistani counterparts they want to save the Pakistani-American relationship. The way to do this, they say, is to ‘forgive and forget’ the Raymond Davis…
After Davis, what?
So the cat is out of the bag. Raymond Davis, or whatever his real name is, was a CIA agent. But should that shock us as is being made out…
Davis must face justice
At the hearing of the Raymond Davis case on February17, the Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court adjourned the case till March 14 to give the federal government more…
Lessons from Davis saga
The Raymond Davis saga has spiralled out of control from the perspective of the Pakistani and US governments. An analysis of the actions and reactions of the two sides since…
