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Dr Shakil Afridi’s family moved to ‘safer place’

PESHAWAR - The family of Dr Shakil Afridi, who had organised a fake vaccination campaign in Bilal Town of Abbotabd to trace al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, was moved to an undisclosed location for security reasons, Pakistan Today has learnt. Dr Shakil Afridi has been in the custody of intelligence agencies for two months for his involvement in a vaccination campaign sponsored by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to gather the DNA information of bin Laden’s family in March 2011.
Dr Shakil had launched a private vaccination drive in Bilal Town and nearby areas from March 15-18 and 21-23 April without informing the authorities concerned a source in the Health Directorate told Pakistan Today. Source said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has now directed all the healthcare organisations, private or government-run, to take permission before launching any drive.
A source in Khyber Agency told Pakistan Today that Dr Shakil Afridi belonged to the Malikdin Khel sub tribe of the Afridi tribe and hailed from Bara area of Khyber Agency.

8 Responses to Dr Shakil Afridi’s family moved to ‘safer place’

  1. waqar ( irs) says:

    its wrong.dr shakeel afridi cannot take such a big step independently.
    from pakistani public.

  2. hamayun shinwari says:

    der dla insan wo ka har cham takhtole we no kha yah wa ghayie

  3. mr hamayun shinwari says:

    yah buhat kamena insan tha yah landikotal ka agency surjen tha aur mai bhi landikotal ka rahene wala ho balke landikotal hospital mai rehta ho jis nay bhi aise aghwa kya hai bhare mehrubane fucking ka ilawa kuch bhi mat kare ais sa

  4. Abu Abdullah says:

    Dr.Shakit Afridi started this Vaccination Drive without the consultation of authority which is capital crime if you are working for foreign elements and want to declared innocent .
    Authority concerned must punish him so all other pimps in our society will take a lesson from this.

    Abu Abdullah

  5. Ashfaq Khan says:

    American forces launched attack on bin Laden’s hide out on 1st May and this operation lasted for 3 hours so million dollar question where were our security forces and what they were doing at that time ? waiting for Americans to finish their job ? or discussing the prize money which CIA gave them to keep quite on that night !!!

  6. saeed khattak says:

    Dr.Afridi… big shame .. money is nothing….mr.greedy……

  7. Rocco Forte says:

    All Pakistanis are ingrates who should be left to live with their camels and their shame.

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