US Senate to cut Pakistan aid after doctor jailed
A US Senate panel has voted to cut 33 million dollars of aid from Pakistan, following the conviction of the doctor who helped to track down Osama bin Laden.
Shakeel Afridi ran a fake vaccination program designed to collect DNA from the Bin Laden family in the compound where the Al-Qaeda leader was shot dead last year.
He was convicted of treason under a tribal justice system.
The US government has said that Pakistan has no basis to hold him.
