Withhold all aid to Pakistan until Afridi is freed: US lawmakers

[ALOK31]

WASHINGTON: Two top American lawmakers have asked US President Barack Obama to withhold all aid to Pakistan until the country releases a doctor who helped the CIA track Osama bin Laden.

"Until Dr (Shakil) Afridi is released from prison, we urge you to withhold all unallocated foreign assistance money for Pakistan remaining for this fiscal year. We must send a message not only to Pakistan but to any other countries seeking to use American taxpayer dollars to subsidize their subversion of America's global priorities," Senator Rand Paul and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, said in a letter to Obama.

A copy of the letter was released to the press yesterday. Through the use of a door-to-door vaccination drive, Afridi bravely assisted US intelligence services in identifying the residents of the Abbottabad complex which was later confirmed to be the home of bin Laden, the two Congressmen said.

"For his work in supporting the successful search for Osama bin Laden, Dr Afridi deserves our appreciation. Unfortunately, the government of Pakistan has made it a point to punish Dr Afridi for helping to expose Osama bin Laden's Pakistan hideout in the most severe manner possible," they said.

They said in response to this situation, they would be proposing legislation to withhold all foreign assistance money to the government of Pakistan until Dr Afridi is released.

 

[DRaisinHerald]

It's OK, withhold your aid forever; we don't need it anyway

 

[kumarkumar1867]

What ever Pak Govt is doing is just saving itself from anger & revenge of terrorists on its soil. Its just Drama ...even westerner are laughing at plight of Pakistan and chuskee le rahe hai Pakistan ki....
Finally we all know Dr. Afridi will go and settle to US after 1-2 years if not killed by Al-Qaeda.

It's OK, withhold your aid forever; we don't need it anyway

Na Dost Na.... kehne aur karne mei kaafi farq hota hai.

 

[Great Sachin]

I thought ..Pakistan is fighting against terror and allay of USA and determined to find OBL.....then how come doctor was punished...
It means Pakistan was never with USA in this was against terror....

 

[Yeti]

This is just a game, Afridi will be free once the Pak elections are over watch this space.

 

[REHAN NIAZI FALCON]

This is just a game, Afridi will be free once the Pak elections are over watch this space.

looks difficult dude ,
if govt frees him we pashtoons are not gona allow a traitor to live,
enough is enough such black sheep need to be killed so as to worn others and make him example for other traitors ........

 

[acetophenol]

In a sense,Dr.Afridi has done a crime by indirectly helping USA in violating its soverignity.
But,one should not turn a blind eye towards the good cause afridi is working for.

 

[REHAN NIAZI FALCON]

traitors have no right to live freely , no country in world allow traitors to live happy life on the blood of fellow country men ..... no way...........

 

[Great Sachin]

looks difficult dude ,
if govt frees him we pashtoons are not gona allow a traitor to live,
enough is enough such black sheep need to be killed so as to worn others and make him example for other traitors ........

Dont worry once he is freed ...USA will take him to their country

 

[REHAN NIAZI FALCON]

In a sense,Dr.Afridi has done a crime by indirectly helping USA in violating its soverignity.
But,one should not turn a blind eye towards the good cause afridi is working for.

come on he is traitor to his profession and his nation and race ...............
just imagine because of his traotorship many children will not be able to be vaccinated ......
so much damage to our already poor health system..
he has provided fanatics with prove that all such vaccination programs are fake ...........

Dont worry once he is freed ...USA will take him to their country

not possible dude ............ anyways time will tell......

 

[acetophenol]

come on he is traitor to his profession and his nation and race ...............
just imagine because of his traotorship many children will not be able to be vaccinated ......
so much damage to our already poor health system..
he has provided fanatics with prove that all such vaccination programs are fake ...........


not possible dude ............ anyways time will tell......

Come on man!
Will this incident say that all vaccination programs are fake? I don't think so!

 

[Yeti]

looks difficult dude ,
if govt frees him we pashtoons are not gona allow a traitor to live,
enough is enough such black sheep need to be killed so as to worn others and make him example for other traitors ........

US pressure on this matter will be intense but the last thing the Pakistani government wants is to appear to be anyone's stooge especially with elections around the corner. My view is that if PPP does hold onto power a deal will be cut for his release, there is alot of anger in USA and in west that this chap is behind bars and I can't see them just allowing it without a fight but right now they need Pakistan for NATO supplies so Pakistan has cards to play with also.

 

[REHAN NIAZI FALCON]

US pressure on this matter will be intense but the last thing the Pakistani government wants is to appear to be anyone's stooge especially with elections around the corner. My view is that if PPP does hold onto power a deal will be cut for his release, there is alot of anger in USA and in west that this chap is behind bars and I can't see them just allowing it without a fight but right now they need Pakistan for NATO supplies so Pakistan has cards to play with also.

dude reaction here in PAKISTAN is gona be severe and specially here in KPK, and provincial govt is never gona allow it.
complex issue not as simple as outsiders believe .........

 

[Jango]

Even if we do release im from the treason charges, he can still be charged on the Illegal surgery charge!

And I think he is in jail because of fleecing money, evident because he was tried by FCR in FATA, and not under normal rules had it been for treason.

 

[rashtriya.rifles]

after AQ khan I think this is the biggest shame to pakistan... why are they persecuting innocents ? weren't they supposed to fight WoT to get the aids ?