In the long run this "dismissal" may serve the doctor well. There is no indication that he was terminated because the medical services he provided were faulty in some way. That implies that he was investigated and that the vaccines he provided were genuine, not phony, as had previously been alleged.
Feisal Naqvi
argued that it should now be very difficult to prove that Dr. Afridi is guilty of ANY illegal act;
it remains to try to prove him guilty of treason to his country, something that can only be done by confessing that Osama bin Laden was a state asset and knew that the information he provided would somehow violate Pakistani sovereignty. The first part Pakistan doesn't want to admit; the second part has yet to be proved and while it may hold in Pakistani law under the post-9/11 U.N. Security Council Resolutions Pakistani sovereignty doesn't apply; by insisting on prosecution rather than exoneration Pakistan may be subject to international sanctions.