ISLAMABAD – State Minister for Interior Shehryar Afridi Wednesday told theSenate that the United States (US) had not made any written request forhanding over Dr Shakeel Afridi in exchange for detained Dr Afia Siddiqui.
To a query during Question Hour in Senate, he said, “The government willnot compromise on national security issues. We have not received anywritten request from the US for handing over Dr Shakeel Afrid in exchangefor Dr Afia. We have no external and internal pressures on the issue.”
The minister said decisions would be taken in “Naya Pakistan” keeping inview the supreme national interest of the country.
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In a written reply about the question posed by Senator Sirajul Haq thatwhether it was a fact that the sentence of Dr Shakeel Afridi who wasconvicted of treason in Pakistan had been reduced, the minister said,“NACTA neither dealing with the treason cases nor relevant information isavailable with this office.”
