New Pakistani govt turns back on hero doctor who helped get Bin Laden

[Zarvan]

Pakistan's new regime is not likely to take up the cause of the doctor imprisoned after helping the U.S. get Usama bin Laden, a key official told FoxNews.com.
Neither U.S. diplomatic pressure nor the recommendations of a Pakistani commission that probed the events surrounding the May, 2011 raid in which the terror leader was killed is likely to get Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to take action for Dr. Shakeel Afridi, according to his foreign minister, Tariq Fatemi. The new administration simply has other fish to fry, Fatemi said.
“It’s not for the executive branch to decide if and when or what kind of trial should be.”
- Tariq Fatemi, Pakistani foreign minister
“The priority items are the state of the economy which is virtually in a state of collapse and then the crippling energy shortages,” Fatemi told FoxNews.com. “These are occupying the minds of the leadership.”
Afridi faces 33 years in prison after a tribal court convicted him of colluding with terrorists, though the charges are widely viewed as a punishment for helping America. And even though a Pakistani report still under seal but obtained by FoxNews.com calls for Afridi to get a new trial, it won't be enough to prompt Sharif to get involved.
“It’s not for the executive branch to decide if and when or what kind of trial it should be,” said Fatemi, who previously served as Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S..
Afridi was helping the CIA with a Hepatitis B vaccination campaign that was secretly hatched to collect DNA samples from occupants of the Abbottabad compound where bin Laden was believed to be living. But it was during a phone conversation between Afridi and bin Laden’s courier Sheikh Abu Ahmed Al-Kuwaiti, that National Security Agency eavesdroppers matched the courier's voice and verified bin Laden's presence. That cleared the way for the dramatic raid in which the Al Qaeda leader was killed.
Days later, Afridi was snatched up by Pakistani intelligence operatives, tortured and accused of terrorism. He has been in prison ever since.
The Abbottabad Commission Report states that Afridi’s trial - at which he had no legal representation - undermined Pakistan’s credibility. The commission recommended a new trial.
But Fatemi brushed aside the report, and said the administration defers to the tribal court.
“That is the court that functions in that part of the world since long before the establishment of Pakistan and till such time, that is the law in that part of the country and we have to respect it,” he said.
Afridi's beleaguered legal team is looking to a hearing rescheduled for July 18 and hoping for relief. But his older brother, Jamil Afridi, said he is losing hope.
“I don’t believe in this system or law," he told FoxNews.com. "My brother helped America and Pakistan but the price he is paying is beyond comprehension.”
In the U.S., Afridi's most vocal supporter in Congress, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., called for an amendment to the current defense bill that would suspend military aid to Pakistan until Afridi is freed.
“Dr. Afridi is a hero and we shouldn’t be sending taxpayer dollars to his jail keepers,” Rohrabacher said. “Pakistan held a sham trial that put Dr. Afridi away for 33 years and he has been tortured and has already spent over two years of his life in prison.”
The U.S. has sent roughly $25 billion in aid to Pakistan since 2001 and this year’s National Defense Authorization Act authorizes another $1.5 billion.
Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to visit Pakistan and meet its new leadership later this month.
“I want to meet Kerry but I don’t have the contacts or sources that would schedule a meeting with him,” Jamil Afridi said. "He should know what we are going through”.


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[FaujHistorian]

Pakistan's new regime is not likely to take up the cause of the doctor imprisoned after helping the U.S. get Usama bin Laden, a key official told FoxNews.com.
Neither U.S. diplomatic pressure nor the recommendations of a Pakistani commission that probed the events surrounding the May, 2011 raid in which the terror leader was killed is likely to get Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to take action for Dr. Shakeel Afridi, according to his foreign minister, Tariq Fatemi. The new administration simply has other fish to fry, Fatemi said.
“It’s not for the executive branch to decide if and when or what kind of trial should be.”
- Tariq Fatemi, Pakistani foreign minister
“The priority items are the state of the economy which is virtually in a state of collapse and then the crippling energy shortages,” Fatemi told FoxNews.com. “These are occupying the minds of the leadership.”
Afridi faces 33 years in prison after a tribal court convicted him of colluding with terrorists, though the charges are widely viewed as a punishment for helping America. And even though a Pakistani report still under seal but obtained by FoxNews.com calls for Afridi to get a new trial, it won't be enough to prompt Sharif to get involved.
“It’s not for the executive branch to decide if and when or what kind of trial it should be,” said Fatemi, who previously served as Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S..
Afridi was helping the CIA with a Hepatitis B vaccination campaign that was secretly hatched to collect DNA samples from occupants of the Abbottabad compound where bin Laden was believed to be living. But it was during a phone conversation between Afridi and bin Laden’s courier Sheikh Abu Ahmed Al-Kuwaiti, that National Security Agency eavesdroppers matched the courier's voice and verified bin Laden's presence. That cleared the way for the dramatic raid in which the Al Qaeda leader was killed.
Days later, Afridi was snatched up by Pakistani intelligence operatives, tortured and accused of terrorism. He has been in prison ever since.
The Abbottabad Commission Report states that Afridi’s trial - at which he had no legal representation - undermined Pakistan’s credibility. The commission recommended a new trial.
But Fatemi brushed aside the report, and said the administration defers to the tribal court.
“That is the court that functions in that part of the world since long before the establishment of Pakistan and till such time, that is the law in that part of the country and we have to respect it,” he said.
Afridi's beleaguered legal team is looking to a hearing rescheduled for July 18 and hoping for relief. But his older brother, Jamil Afridi, said he is losing hope.
“I don’t believe in this system or law," he told FoxNews.com. "My brother helped America and Pakistan but the price he is paying is beyond comprehension.”
In the U.S., Afridi's most vocal supporter in Congress, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., called for an amendment to the current defense bill that would suspend military aid to Pakistan until Afridi is freed.
“Dr. Afridi is a hero and we shouldn’t be sending taxpayer dollars to his jail keepers,” Rohrabacher said. “Pakistan held a sham trial that put Dr. Afridi away for 33 years and he has been tortured and has already spent over two years of his life in prison.”
The U.S. has sent roughly $25 billion in aid to Pakistan since 2001 and this year’s National Defense Authorization Act authorizes another $1.5 billion.
Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to visit Pakistan and meet its new leadership later this month.
“I want to meet Kerry but I don’t have the contacts or sources that would schedule a meeting with him,” Jamil Afridi said. "He should know what we are going through”.


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A self declared nay self-deluded supporter of Talib@stards quoting FOX news.


Oh the irony.


Seriously.

If you go to Nawaz Shareef, and say we want you take care of Dr. James Bondzy Afridi.


Now Nawaz is swimming or even drowning in the deep economic $hit of Pakistan.

And

you expect him to immediately jump out of that $hit (even if he could) and say yes, I am going to call Dr. James Bondzy Afridi to PM house and award him a medal of gallantry etc. etc.


What the fd up story and what the fd up source.


sorry to say

 

[AstanoshKhan]

He'll be handed over to the US just like Aimal Kaasi & Raymond Davis was in Nawaz's last regime/s...

 

[Zarvan]

A self declared nay self-deluded supporter of Talib@stards quoting FOX news.


Oh the irony.


Seriously.

If you go to Nawaz Shareef, and say we want you take care of Dr. James Bondzy Afridi.


Now Nawaz is swimming or even drowning in the deep economic $hit of Pakistan.

And

you expect him to immediately jump out of that $hit (even if he could) and say yes, I am going to call Dr. James Bondzy Afridi to PM house and award him a medal of gallantry etc. etc.


What the fd up story and what the fd up source.


sorry to say

If they are posting a good news related to Pakistan and this news hurts USA so I don't mind it in fact I like it and I know what fox news is and what their thoughts are

 

[PakPrinciples]

This piece of **** will be lucky if he isn't executed for high treason and manslaughter.

First, he broke his Hippocratic oath which led to a distrust of doctors that can result in many children dying from polio and his actions directly contributed to the deaths of many health workers.

Secondly, the guy assisted a foreign force in their invasion of sovereign Pakistani territory.

He is no hero.

 

[Guynextdoor2]

This piece of **** will be lucky if he isn't executed for high treason and manslaughter.

First, he broke his Hippocratic oath which led to a distrust of doctors that can result in many children dying from polio and his actions directly contributed to the deaths of many health workers.

Secondly, the guy assisted a foreign force in their invasion of sovereign Pakistani territory.

He is no hero.

Your army generals who hid Bin Laden must be executed for high treason FIRST. And that crime is far worse than his.

 

[FaujHistorian]

This piece of **** will be lucky if he isn't executed for high treason and manslaughter.

First, he broke his Hippocratic oath which led to a distrust of doctors that can result in many children dying from polio and his actions directly contributed to the deaths of many health workers.

Secondly, the guy assisted a foreign force in their invasion of sovereign Pakistani territory.

He is no hero.

Bro.

you can get banned for supporting terrorist Ben fing Laden who clearly fd Pakistan in front of the whole world.


Do you really want to get banned?

Your army generals who hid Bin Laden must be executed for high treason FIRST. And that crime is far worse than his.

Must you shovel $hit in India-Pak style?

Grow up please.

Americans had all the papers from Ben fing laden's hiding place.

No link whatsoever to any serving or even retired general.


No $hit shoveling (unless it is your family business, then off course no one can stop you).


thank you

 

[Guynextdoor2]

Bro.

you can get banned for supporting terrorist Ben fing Laden who clearly fd Pakistan in front of the whole world.


Do you really want to get banned?




Must you shovel $hit in India-Pak style?

Grow up please.

Americans had all the papers from Ben fing laden's hiding place.

No link whatsoever to any serving or even retired general.


No $hit shoveling (unless it is your family business, then off course no one can stop you).


thank you

So Bin Laden just 'apeared' and lived and prospered there- 'JUST like that' . Even you can't truly believe that.

 

[PakPrinciples]

you can get banned for supporting terrorist Ben fing Laden who clearly fd Pakistan in front of the whole world.


Do you really want to get banned?

Who is using drones to violate our airspace and attack Pakistani citizens?

In fact aside from the TTP (a proxy of RAW and the CIA), who have gone out of their way to even declare war on organizations vying for the freedom of Kashmir, no other group has declared Pakistan an enemy.

Afghanistan's problems are not Pakistan's problems. We have no obligations to a country that doesn't even recognize us. If the US wanted him they should have come to Pakistan's authorities and once arrested he should have been tried in Pakistan (no extradition) but only after the culprits behind the US invasion of Iraq were tried as well as those responsible for drone strikes that violate Pakistan's sovereignty and murdered countless numbers of our civilians.

Regardless, my statement is directed at a piece of **** whose actions broke Pakistan's laws by assisting a foreign force in its invasion of Pakistan and has resulted in the death of Pakistan's own health care workers but also his violation of the Hippocratic oath that will result in many children being refused polio vaccinations and the disease spreading possibly killing many children in the future.

He committed treason plain and simple.

 

[Spring Onion]

Your army generals who hid Bin Laden must be executed for high treason FIRST. And that crime is far worse than his.

The US top generals first should be prosecuted for high treason for supporting OBL and then Indian cheerleaders can come and open mouth about Pakistan.

 

[humanfirst]

The US top generals first should be prosecuted for high treason for supporting OBL and then Indian cheerleaders can come and open mouth about Pakistan.

Are you sure you understand the meaning of high treason..?

 

[Spring Onion]

Are you sure you understand the meaning of high treason..?

dont need your certification.

The Indian cheerleaders should be out of this thread. this is Pakistan's internal matter and no Indian can give verdict if mr afridi committed or not committed treason

 

[Audio]

Of course they turn their back on him. As a reminder where their true priorities lie and of the fact Osama wasn't a guest on his own behalf.

 

[INDIC]

Your army generals who hid Bin Laden must be executed for high treason FIRST. And that crime is far worse than his.

Shakil Afridi didn't get a fair trail. Have you ever heard a person tried under hometown's law(Tribal laws of FATA) instead of the laws of the land from where he was arrested.

 

[Areesh]

Shakil Afridi didn't get a fair trail. Have you ever heard a person tried under hometown's law(Tribal laws of FATA) instead of the laws of the land from where he was arrested.

We won't give him fair trial. Or for anyone like him for that matter. Live with it.