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Pak urged to shift doctor who helped US find Osama from Peshawar
Islamabad: The chief minister of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has urged the federal government to shift jailed Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi to any other place in the country citing threat to the physician's life from terrorists, Online news agency reported. Afridi has been sentenced to 33 years in jail after helping the US spy agency CIA find former Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. He

U.S. drone strike in South Waziristan kills three
A fresh U.S. drone attack in Pakistan's South Waziristan on Saturday morning has reportedly killed three people.

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'Osama doc' Afridi appeals against conviction
Lawyers representing Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi, who was sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment on charges of treason, have appealed against his conviction.

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Pak claims of real reasons behind 'Osama doc' sentence fall flat after militants deny links

Pakistan's latest claim that the reason for sentencing Dr Shakil Afridi to 33 years in prison for treason was his links with banned group Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI), suffered a serious blow, after the

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'Osama doc' Afridi's jail sentence was for helping Khyber militants, claim court documents

Court documents have revealed that Dr Shakil Afridi, who had helped the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) track down Osama Bin Laden, has in fact been convicted on charges of colluding with the

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Umar Gul's 'brother' arrested for harbouring militant
Fast bowler Umar Gul's house in Peshawar was raided by a team of army commandos who arrested his cousin brother on charges of harbouring a wanted militant.

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