Dr Shakil Afridi shifted to Adiala Jail over security reasons
Afridi was sentenced to jail for 33 years in May 2012 after he was convicted of ties to militants.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News/AFP) - Dr Shakil Afridi, who helped the CIA track and kill Osama bin Laden, has been shifted from Central Jail Peshawar to Adiala Jail Rawalpindi due to security reasons.
Dr Shakil Afridi was sentenced to jail for 33 years in May 2012 after he was convicted of having ties with banned outfits. He remained at Central Jail Peshawar for almost seven years.
A top prison official in Peshawar told AFP that Afridi was moved by intelligence officials to the safer place late Thursday due to security reasons.
In 2016, a US threat to cut aid to Pakistan saw a tribunal slice 10 years off his sentence -- but since then US pressure for his release has tapered off.
US President Donald Trump vowed during his election campaign that he would order Pakistan to free Afridi.
The comments sparked a blistering rebuttal from Pakistan, whose interior minister at the time branded Trump "ignorant" and stated the "government of Pakistan and not Donald Trump" would decide Afridi s fate.
