Jailing Dr Afridi earns Pak $33 million US aid cut

May 25, 2012 04:09

Outraged over the prosecution of a Pakistani doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden, a US Senate panel has voted unanimously to cut aid to Pakistan by $33 million,or $1 million for each of the physician's 33-year prison sentence.

The unanimous vote by the Senate Appropriations Committee on the amendment moved by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is reflective of the changing mode in the US and growing frustration among US lawmakers on Pakistan.

The committee approved Graham's amendment on a 30-0 vote.

A Pakistani court had on Wednesday sentenced or Dr Shakil Afridi to 33 years of rigorous imprisonment after finding him guilty of "spying on al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden without bringing it to the notice of the government of Pakistan".

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