Islamabad: The sentence of a doctor who helped the US track down slain Al Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden, was reduced by 10 years and his fine reduced by Pakistani Rs 10 lakh (over $10,000) on Saturday.
<img title="A file photo of the SEAL Team Six, which was involved in the killing of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011 in Abbottabad. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/mar/Osama-bin-Laden.jpg" alt="A file photo of the SEAL Team Six, which was involved in the killing of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011 in Abbottabad. Pic/AFP" /> A file photo of the SEAL Team Six, which was involved in the killing of Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011 in Abbottabad. Pic/AFP
Munir Azam, the Commissioner of Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR), passed the order after reviewing Shakil Afridi&rsquo;s 33-year jail term and Rs 320,000 fine. Shakil&rsquo;s lawyer Samiullah Afridi said that he would further appeal to a tribunal in the Federally Administred Tribal Areas, adding that he did not seek a review of the case but had asked for a fresh trial.
Shakil Afridi had allegedly helped the CIA by running a fake vaccination campaign in Abbottabad a month before the US forces' raid on a compound that killed Osama in 2011.
Afridi was arrested for his alleged links with the CIA and also charged for his allegedly links with the banned Lashkar-e-Islam religious outfit. Afridi was sentenced last May by an assistant political agent of the Khyber Agency tribal region.

Shakil Afridi&rsquo;s jail sentence has been cut short to 23 years, from the earlier 33

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