ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday mentioned there used to be "no deal" with the US for the release of an imprisoned physician, who helped CIA monitor down Osama bin Laden in 2011.
Dr Shakeel Afridi used to be arrested after Osama used to be killed in a covert US raid at a compound in Pakistan's Abbotabad city on May 2, 2011. The US has been asking Pakistan to liberate him.
Initially, he used to be accused of organising a faux immunization campaign for the CIA to substantiate presence of then al-Qaida leader, however later awarded 33 years sentence for alleged hyperlinks with terrorists.
His sentence used to be later reduced to 23 years.
He used to be shifted from a Peshawar jail to a prison in Rawalpindi last week, giving air to quite a lot of sorts of speculations, including one that American secret agencies have been making plans a prison break to take Afridi away.
Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal today rejected all speculations about handing over Afridi to the US.
Faisal mentioned he used to be no longer "aware of any deal regarding Dr. Shakeel Afridi" and the "subject of the reported jail break is being dealt by the Ministry of Interior."
He mentioned Afridi might not be passed over to the US.
"On behalf of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I can assure you that he is not being handed over to US," the spokesman mentioned.
Faisal also insisted that the government were not making plans to change Afridi for Aafia Siddiqui - who's currently serving a sentence in a US jail for seeking to kill US brokers and armed forces officials in Afghanistan - or former Pakistani ambassador Hussain Haqqani who resides in the US and is the prime suspect within the Memogate scandal that surfaced in 2011.
"I have no knowledge regarding the matter," he mentioned.
He mentioned that Pakistan and the US have been in discussions about the issue of restrictions on Pakistani diplomats and "we hope to resolve this issue amicably."
Faisal also mentioned that Pakistan believes that the Iran nuclear deal represents an excellent instance of negotiated settlement of advanced issues.
"We fully support the agreement and call upon all parties to continue to honour their commitments, pursuant to the agreement," he mentioned.
On Afghanistan, Faisal mentioned that bringing the Taliban to the desk is the shared responsibility of the global neighborhood and all those countries having contacts with the gang should play a role in persuading them to return to the desk.
Dr Shakeel Afridi used to be arrested after Osama used to be killed in a covert US raid at a compound in Pakistan's Abbotabad city on May 2, 2011. The US has been asking Pakistan to liberate him.
Initially, he used to be accused of organising a faux immunization campaign for the CIA to substantiate presence of then al-Qaida leader, however later awarded 33 years sentence for alleged hyperlinks with terrorists.
His sentence used to be later reduced to 23 years.
He used to be shifted from a Peshawar jail to a prison in Rawalpindi last week, giving air to quite a lot of sorts of speculations, including one that American secret agencies have been making plans a prison break to take Afridi away.
Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal today rejected all speculations about handing over Afridi to the US.
Faisal mentioned he used to be no longer "aware of any deal regarding Dr. Shakeel Afridi" and the "subject of the reported jail break is being dealt by the Ministry of Interior."
He mentioned Afridi might not be passed over to the US.
"On behalf of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I can assure you that he is not being handed over to US," the spokesman mentioned.
Faisal also insisted that the government were not making plans to change Afridi for Aafia Siddiqui - who's currently serving a sentence in a US jail for seeking to kill US brokers and armed forces officials in Afghanistan - or former Pakistani ambassador Hussain Haqqani who resides in the US and is the prime suspect within the Memogate scandal that surfaced in 2011.
"I have no knowledge regarding the matter," he mentioned.
He mentioned that Pakistan and the US have been in discussions about the issue of restrictions on Pakistani diplomats and "we hope to resolve this issue amicably."
Faisal also mentioned that Pakistan believes that the Iran nuclear deal represents an excellent instance of negotiated settlement of advanced issues.
"We fully support the agreement and call upon all parties to continue to honour their commitments, pursuant to the agreement," he mentioned.
On Afghanistan, Faisal mentioned that bringing the Taliban to the desk is the shared responsibility of the global neighborhood and all those countries having contacts with the gang should play a role in persuading them to return to the desk.
No deal with US to hand over Dr Shakeel Afridi: Pakistan
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