Pak diplomats accused of rape, abduction in UK

Pakistani diplomats accused of rape and child abduction are among some of the most serious cases of foreign representatives committing crimes on UK soil in 2013, according to a list released by the British government.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) released the list of the serious alleged offences in 2013?which includes?unnamed foreign officials,?suspected of 14 crimes,?who are protected from British law by diplomatic immunity.

The cases involving Pakistani diplomats were among the five extremely serious ones triggering a special investigation request, over-ruling diplomatic immunity. The Foreign Office defines serious offences as those which would carry a sentence of more than 12 months if a conviction was secured.