By James Nye PUBLISHED: 22:14 EST, 30 May 2012 | UPDATED: 22:15 EST, 30 May 2012 U.S. authorities said a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden turned down an opportunity to leave his country and resettle overseas with his family, according to U.S. officials. Dr. Shakil Afridi was jailed last week in Pakistan for 33 years for treason and President Obama's administration has come under steady criticism for its handling of his case. The unnamed U.S. officials said the resettlement offer for Afridi came around the time of the May 1, 2011, raid in which U.S. Navy SEAL commandos killed the al Qaeda leader at his complex in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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Reports from Pakistan also suggest that Dr. Shakil Afridi was sentenced for links to Islamic militants and not for aiding U.S intelligence services
Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi talks with people outside a building at an unknown location in @placeholder, before his imprisonment this month at a tribal court