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Summary A team of doctors will examine him in jail today (Thursday).
The Pakistani doctor jailed for 33 years for helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden is in poor health and is being kept in isolation due to fears for his safety, a prison official said Thursday.Dr. Shakeel Afridi was found guilty of treason Wednesday after being accused of gaining vital information for US intelligence by organizing a fake vaccination program near the slain al Qaeda leaders compound in the town of Abbottabad.Samad Khan, of the central prison in Peshawar, northwestern Pakistan, told AFP, His health condition is bad, a team of doctors will examine him in jail today [Thursday].Though he would not discuss Afridis condition further, Khan added, He has been kept away from other prisoners to avert any danger to his life.Pakistani officials recovered a GPS device that they said was given to him by US intelligence to arrange meetings with his handlers.Afridi was taken into custody by Pakistans Inter Services Intelligence agency and later was fired as a government doctor.In January, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta confirmed Afridi worked for US intelligence by collecting DNA to verify bin Ladens presence in Pakistan.The doctor was found guilty of treason under the tribal justice system of Khyber district, part of Pakistans semi-autonomous tribal belt. He was also fined 320,000 rupees ($3,500).The Pakistani authorities were not informed prior to the US Navy SEAL raid that killed bin Laden on May 2, 2011.
