Bin Laden doctor to face retrial

Officials in Pakistan have overturned the jail
sentence and ordered a retrial of a doctor
who helped the CIA in their search for
Osama Bin Laden.
Shakil Afridi was charged with treason and
tried under the tribal justice system for
running a fake vaccination programme to
gather information.
He was jailed for 33 years in May 2012 and
has been held since then at Peshawar
Central Jail.
Bin Laden was killed by US forces in
Abbottabad in May 2011.
His killing created a crisis in relations
between the US and Pakistan, which felt the
covert operation was a violation of its
sovereignty.
His cousin, Qamar Nadeem Afridi, told the
BBC it was a "great development" and said
the "true facts" would now come out.
Although Afridi's conviction has been
overturned, his retrial will still be heard
under tribal jurisdiction in a closed court.
The BBC reports that there is no guarantee
that a similar verdict will not be reached.