Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi is seen in this still image taken from file footage released May 23, 2012. File Photo by Reuters .
Pakistan Launches Smear Campaign Against Osama Bin Laden Doctor -- The Telegraph
Pakistan officials have been accused of launching a smear campaign against Shakeel Afridi, the doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden, only to be sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason.
Now, with Dr Afridi under special protection in a Pakistani prison, unnamed officials have briefed journalists that the father-of-three is a hard-drinking womaniser in an apparent attempt to smear his character.
A 2002 Pakistan provincial health department document seen by the Reuters news agency, questioned his integrity.
"Keeping in view his extreme lust for money, I am ashamed to even call him a doctor. He is a corrupt, unreliable and low category officer," said the report.
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More News On Pakistan's Treatment Of The Doctor Who Helped The CIA To Get Osama Bin Laden
Pakistan doctor in bin Laden case called corrupt, womanizer -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
Bin Laden's CIA doctor denigrated -- Sydney Morning Herald
Brother claims jailed bin Laden doctor tortured in Pakistan, appeals for US help -- New York Post/Newscore/FOX News
Brother of doctor who worked with CIA in bin Laden hunt seeks US protection -- MSNBC
Pakistani Taliban plan to kill jailed Osama informer -- Rediff
Ill winds swirl around Pakistani doctor -- Dinesh Sharma, Asia Times
My Comment: Dr Afridi should (maybe) consider himself lucky that he got only 33 years .... to get an idea on how 'bizarre' Pakistani justice has become, check out this story .... Four men and two women sentenced to death for dancing at Pakistan wedding.
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