( CNN ) -- A Pakistani court hearing the retrial of a doctor accused of helping the United States find Osama bin Laden said Monday that it would announce its verdict on December 18 . The prosecution and defense completed their arguments in the case of Dr. Shakil Afridi before the Federally Administered Tribal Areas Tribunal . The court then set the date for delivering the verdict . Afridi , a physician by profession , was accused of assisting the CIA in obtaining DNA samples of bin Laden through a fake vaccination campaign and was sentenced last year by a tribal court to 33 years in prison for involvement in anti-state activities . Afridi appealed the conviction . A Pakistani judicial commissioner overturned the conviction in August and ordered a retrial . U.S. special forces killed bin Laden at compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad in May 2011 .
Dr. Abdullah Ahmad is accused of working with the CIA to conceal bin Laden 's whereabouts . He was convicted in 2012 of anti - state activities but the conviction was overturned in August . A court says it will deliver the verdict in his retrial on December 18 .