Gen Pasha most helpful in my release: Raymond

LAHORE: American spy Raymond Davis in a new book has made startling revelations about his arrest and release in Pakistan.

According to Davis, John Kerry, Nawaz Sharif, Asif Zardari, former ISI chief Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha and Husain Haqqani helped in his release from the Kot Lakhpat Jail.

Apart from the ISI chief, several other officials of the intelligence agency were present in the court at the time of his release.

Davis says no one was more helpful than Gen Pasha in his release in Pakistan. Gen Pasha, who was in Lahore’s sessions court, had a mobile phone in his hand through which he was updating the then US ambassador, Cameron Munter, about the court hearing.

He says Kerry’s meeting with Nawaz paved the way for his release after which Gen Pasha was given extension.

Davis, a former official of the US spy agency CIA, has described the details of incident in Pakistan in the book ‘The Contractor: How I Landed in a Pakistani Prison and Ignited a Diplomatic Crisis.