Congressman introduces bill to honour Dr Afridi
US congressman Dana Rohrabacher introduced a bill on Friday in the House of Representatives asking the US government to bestow its highest civilian award on a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden.
In a press release issued from his office on Tuesday, Congressman Rohrabacher, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, said, “Dr Shakil Afridi’s acts to help the United States were extremely valiant and daring. All Americans owe him our most sincere gratitude for helping to execute the terrorist who murdered thousands of innocent Americans.
Rohrabacher, who also chaired a US congressional hearing on Balochistan last week, had previously introduced a bill in Congress seeking US citizenship for Dr Afridi.
The bill submitted to Congress, has been co-sponsored by nine congressmen, reads: “If convicted, Dr Afridi could be executed, and so his life continues to be in jeopardy on account of his work that helped further the interests of the US.”
Published in The Media, February 18th, 2012.
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