Islamabad, Pakistan - New details have emerged from the Pakistani government around the fate of Shakil Afridi, the doctor who helped the U.S. in tracking down Osama bin Laden.
Most U.S. observers say that Afridi's imprisonment is a result of his involvement with the U.S., but Pakistani officials have said that the doctor was a "con-artist and a fraud."
Firdos Ashiq Awan, Pakistani Minister of Information & Broadcasting, appeared on al Jazeera to set the record straight.
"Shakil Afridi is in prison because he has defrauded the people of Pakistan -- plain and simple," said Awan. "We absolutely love our friends in the U.S. but this is a separate matter."
