Pakistan has prevented a US diplomat involved in a fatal road accident in Islamabad to leave the country.
A security official said that the Federal Investigation Agency refused to give clearance to defence attache Colonel Joseph Emanuel Hall to fly out of the country as his name was on the blacklist.
The development came a day after Islamabad High Court passed a judgment that the US diplomat did not enjoy absolute immunity.
Colonel Hall on April 7 jumped a traffic signal in Islamabad and hit a motorbike carrying two men. One of them was killed. His father had approached the Islamabad High Court to stop the diplomat from leaving the country.
The issue has further strained the ties between Pakistan and the US. Pakistan Foreign Ministry on Friday imposed travel restrictions on American diplomats in the country as similar restrictions were imposed on the movement of Pakistani diplomats in the US.
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