Peshawar: The plan for the shifting of the Dr Shakil Afridi, a CIA spy accused of locating al-Qaede chief Osama Bin Laden’s position, from Central Jail Peshawar to Punjab, has been finalised and all the law enforcement agencies have been put on high alert to avert any untoward incident.
Official sources told Dawn.com that a special meeting, held on Monday in Peshawar with the concerned department and law enforcement agencies’ representatives, approved the formal shifting plan of Dr Shakil Afridi, convicted for 33 years in a treason case, which led to the killing of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
“Afridi might be shifted through a special helicopter provided by the interior ministry,” they said adding that he might be shifted to a jail or fort in Punjab, which according to the sources have not been finalised but it might be the Attock Fort.
Fool-proof security arrangements have also been ordered for the shifting plan, which can happen any time, but no specific time frame has so far been finalised for security reasons.
The sources added that the provincial authorities have approved the plan for shifting Afridi, owing threats to his life form Taliban militants of Central Jail Peshawar or attack on the jail like the one on Bannu Jail last month.
Banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mehsud region chief Waliur Rehman had already threatened to execute Dr Shakil Afridi to avenge bin Laden’s killing a few days ago.
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