The Pakistani Doctor Who Helped The CIA To Get Bin Laden Is Still In Limbo And Still In Prison

Dr. Shakil Afridi has helped the U.S., but now his supporters say the U.S. must do more to help him.

New Pakistani Regime Turns Back On Hero Doctor Who Helped Get Bin Laden -- FOX News

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.

“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.”

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My Comment: The only way that Dr. Shakeel Afridi can be released is if the U.S. puts pressure on the Pakistani government. But .... the White House is ignoring this case. I have no clue on why they (i.e. the White House) has adopted this stance.