“Two persons namely Bruce Sward and Hollis Hollis had arrived in Pakistan a few days back so as to discuss the case with Raymond Davis and the US officials concerned in Pakistan,” Mr Alberto Rodriguez, spokesperson for the US Embassy in Islamabad, told this reporter on phone. — File Photo

LAHORE: The US government has reportedly assigned two legal experts to defend Raymond Davis, being tried for killing two Pakistani youths in Lahore by an additional district and sessions court in Kot Lakhpat jail.

Sources said the legal experts had reached Pakistan a few days ago and met Davis in jail here on Saturday.

“Two persons namely Bruce Sward and Hollis Hollis had arrived in Pakistan a few days back so as to discuss the case with Raymond Davis and the US officials concerned in Pakistan,” Mr Alberto Rodriguez, spokesperson for the US Embassy in Islamabad, told this reporter on phone.

He said that the US experts, who would be returning home on Sunday (today), met Davis and discussed legal issues pertaining to his case. “Bruce and Hollis are the officials of the US Department of Justice and they had arrived in Pakistan just to meet Davis and the US authorities concerned here in Pakistan,” he said.

When asked whether the experts, prior to their return to the US, would meet heirs of the deceased to settle the matter by paying blood money, Mr Rodriguez said he had no information in this regard.

Meanwhile, Waseem Shamshad, brother of Faheem Shamshad, who was gunned down by Davis, told that they had heard about the arrival of some US officials/legal advisers in Pakistan. “Although we have heard that they will meet us, no-one has contacted us so far,” he added.

He said his family and the family of other deceased Faizan would never forgive the accused. “We just want Davis to be punished under the law because we will never forgive him at any cost,” Mr Waseem said.

Talking about a bank account to seek people`s financial help to fight the case, he said various donors had deposited Rs49,000 so far in the account jointly opened by the families of Faheem and Faizan.

Earlier talking to this reporter in Lahore, Davis`s lawyer Justice (Retd) Zahid Hussain Bukhari said although he had indirectly heard about the arrival of some American experts in Pakistan and their meeting with the accused, he was not consulted about the case.