Lawyers in Pakistan have staged protests over the decision by a court to release a US CIA contractor accused of two murders. They say the families of the two dead men were coerced into accepting financial compensation in return for pardoning Raymond Davis. A report, quoting a senior Pakistani official said the money was paid to the families in Saudi Arabia. The official said it was part of a deal brokered by the Saudi government. Meanwhile, the whereabouts of the families is still not known after the Pakistani media reported that they received 200 million rupees.