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India-Pakistan
US needs to respect Pakistan's legal process in Shakil Afridi case: FM Qureshi
2018-10-02
[DAWN] Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi has said that Pakistain expects the United States to "respect our legal process as we respect yours" while speaking on the imprisonment of Dr Shakil Afridi, who was convicted by a tribal court in 2012.

FM Qureshi was speaking to Fox News on Sunday during his official visit to the US.

Dr Afridi was tossed in the clink
Please don't kill me!
for 33 years in May 2012 after he was convicted over links with holy warriors, a charge he has denied. He had been taken into custody soon after the killing of Al Qaeda chief the late Osama bin Laden
... who doesn't live anywhere anymore...
by US commandoes in Abbottabad
... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden....
in May 2011. He was accused of helping the CIA track down the Al Qaeda leader in Abbottabad.

Many in the US, however, had raised questions about his due process under the tribal system.
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