The Pakistani Doctor's 30-Year Prison Sentence

    Why did the Pakistanis give the doctor, who helped the US locate Osama bin Laden, a 30-year prison sentence?
    You need to think like a Pakistani in order to get the answer. Basically, it was a business gone bad.
    The US is afraid of terrorists and terrorist organizations, particularly foreign-based. The US government feels that Pakistan is a breeding ground for such terrorists and through substantial monetary payments, it solicits help from the Pakistani government to control the terrorists.
    However, the Pakistani government recognizes that the only reason it obtains substantial monetary funds from the US is because of the existence of terrorists in their country. In other words, if there were no terrorists, the US would have no reason to send money. The obvious course of Pakistani action is to maintain terrorist activity in order to maintain a continuing flow of US funds.
    As long as Osama bin Laden was alive, the US had a greater fear of terrorism and a willingness to part with more money. This was obviously an incentive to the Pakistani government to maintain the life of Osama bin Laden. The best way to do this was to have him in Pakistan and closely protected.
    However, the Pakistani doctor blew the cover by revealing the location of Osama bin Laden, which resulted in his death at the hands of US forces. This significantly reduces the incentive of the US government to maintain a high flow of funds to Pakistan. Obviously, the Pakistan government is upset with this development and has given the doctor appropriate retribution of a 30-year prison sentence.