PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN — The lawyer for the Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. find Osama bin Laden said Sunday he wouldn’t represent him any longer after facing threats from militants, even as America pushes for the man to be freed.
Lawyer Samiullah Khan Afridi said he made the decision after he received what he described as a “final” warning from militants. Afridi said he represented Dr. Shakil Afridi on humanitarian grounds, but said it is now not possible for him to continue. The two Afridis are not related.
“Now they have warned me to either quit the case or be ready to face the dire consequences,” Afridi told The Associated Press. “My family and I are under severe threat.”
The lawyer also said that the undue U.S. pressure on Pakistan for his client’s release also hurt him. Officials at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad could not be immediately reached for comment.
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