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Summary Dr Shakil Afridi, sentenced for aiding CIA, prepares Sehri and Iftari by himself in prison.
Dr Afridi has been lodged in quarter No 81, which is a safe part of the prison, alongside the prisoners who are granted B-class facility.Dr Shakil Afridi prays five times a day.Jail sources said the prison authorities had provided him essential items and cooking utensils for making his own food after he refused to eat the prison food due to fears that he may be poisoned.The sources added that Dr Afridi cooks his own food and took extra care, particularly regarding whatever he was provided in the prison. Guarded by two prison policemen, Dr Afridi is living in a one-room quarter having a veranda and small kitchen.The sources said that due to fear of an attack by the militants, many of whom are in the same jail, he was not allowed to come out of his quarters.Though there are threats to the life of Dr Shakil Afridi who was arrested after allegedly helping the United States to track down Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, he has been serving a fearless sentence in the prison.
