Washington, Jan 09: The US has asked Pakistan to withdraw the diplomatic immunity of its envoy to the United Nations Munir Akram, after New York City prosecutors sought to bring misdemeanor assault charges against him as a result of a quarrel with a woman. Marjorie Tiven, the city commissioner in charge of United Nations issues, wrote to the United States Mission here on December 26 requesting that the envoy's immunity be removed, according to Edward Skyler, the mayor's spokesman.
Skyler said the Manhattan district attorney's office had advised city officials that it was prepared to prosecute if Akram's immunity was lifted.
Pakistan has not yet informed the United States of any decision. On December 10, the New York City police were summoned by an emergency call to a residence at 47 East 92nd Street in Manhattan, police officials were quoted as saying. Marijana Mihic, 35, told the operator that a man whom she identified as her husband had smashed her head into a wall and that her arm hurt, according to the police dispatcher's notes of the conversation. She said the man had hit her before. Bureau Report