FRANKFORT: Two US lawmakers plan this week to press Pakistani Ambassador Sherry Rehman for the release of a doctor jailed after he helped to track down Osama bin Laden.The meeting is the latest step in US Sen Rand Paul’s push to free Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani physician convicted of having ties to militants. The Kentucky congressman said he considers Afridi a hero.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell will host the Wednesday meeting at his Capitol office. A McConnell aide said the meeting is ”to discuss the bilateral relationship” between the US and Pakistan.
Paul sponsored an amendment earlier this month to the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act to withhold US foreign aid to Pakistan until Afridi’s prison sentence is overturned and he’s allowed to leave Pakistan. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid initially blocked a vote on the proposal.
But Paul told The Associated Press he now has enough backing from fellow senators to force a vote, which he said he intends to do in July unless Afridi is released.
Afridi was convicted in May but is widely believed to have been targeted by Pakistani authorities because he helped the US track down bin Laden. Afridi ran a fake vaccination program designed to get DNA from the al Qaeda leader.
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