Pak tribunal seeks record of Dr Afridi who tipped CIA on Osama
19 Sept 2014 5:59 AM IST
A tribunal in Pakistan’s tribal area today directed authorities to produce records of the case of Dr Shakil Afridi who tipped the CIA to trace Osama bin Laden in the country in 2011.
Afridi, who helped the American spy agency in tracing the then al-Qaeda chief bin Laden through a fake vaccine programme in the Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad, has challenged the upholding of his conviction by an appellate forum of the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) commissioner for links with a banned militant outfit.
Qamar Nadeem Afridi, lawyer appearing for Afridi, said the FCR commissioner had ignored several vital facts while upholding the conviction of his client. He said his client was denied the right to fair trial and was convicted by the assistant political agent on ‘flimsy grounds’.
Afridi, who helped the American spy agency in tracing the then al-Qaeda chief bin Laden through a fake vaccine programme in the Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad, has challenged the upholding of his conviction by an appellate forum of the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR) commissioner for links with a banned militant outfit.
Qamar Nadeem Afridi, lawyer appearing for Afridi, said the FCR commissioner had ignored several vital facts while upholding the conviction of his client. He said his client was denied the right to fair trial and was convicted by the assistant political agent on ‘flimsy grounds’.
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