The Contractor ignites heated discussion in Pakistan We all have heard about Raymond Davis – the CIA operative who sparked a diplomatic row after gunning down two men on the streets of Lahore in January 2011. He has penned ‘his side of the story’ for the first time in a memoir titled The Contractor: How I Landed in a Pakistani Prison and Ignited a Diplomatic Crisis . Davis was charged for killing two Pakistani men at Qurtaba Chowk in downtown Lahore. A third Pakistani man was struck and killed by a vehicle that was reportedly racing to Davis’ aid. The violent confrontation escalated into a diplomatic crisis, making front-page headlines across the world and straining ties between Islamabad and Washington, as US policymakers pressed for diplomatic immunity for Davis and pushed for his immediate release. The book was released on Amazon.com on June 27. This is what the description of the book says: “A lot has been written about the time contractor Raymond Davis spent in a Pak