We all remember where we were when the 9/11 happened. The surreal experience of watching the World Trade Center’s twin towers crumble and go down one after another on television in the ancient offices of my old newspaper in India has been etched in my memory forever.
Doubtless, it was an epic tragedy and an act [...]
Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist accused of trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan, has been found competent to stand trial by a federal judge in Manhattan.
The judge, Richard M. Berman of Federal District Court, said in a 36-page decision issued on Wednesday that Ms. Siddiqui “has a rational as well as [...]
NEW YORK – Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained Pakistani neuroscientist accused of trying to kill American soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan last year, is competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Wednesday as he rejected the evaluation of a defence expert who concluded she was mentally ill.
US District Judge Richard Berman based his [...]
NEW YORK: A US court found Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained neuroscientist, competent to stand trial, on Wednesday. A judge made the ruling as he rejected the finding of a defence expert who had concluded she was mentally ill.
US District Judge Richard Berman based his ruling largely on the findings of three other experts who concluded [...]
New York, July 30 : Rejecting her mental illness claims, a US court has ruled that terror-accused Pakistani neurologist Aafia Siddiqui is competent to stand trial.
US District Judge Richard Berman ruled on the basis of the findings of three experts, who had concluded Siddiqui was faking mental illness to evade trial or improve chances of [...]
NEW YORK: Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist accused of attempting to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan, has been found competent to stand trial by a U.S. judge in New York City. The judge, Richard Berman of United States District Court, said in a 36?page decision Wednesday that [...]
A non-Muslim and family friend reacts to the plight and case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.
This document began life in October 2008 as an e-mail to the author’s family and friends to explain why he cared so much about what happened to this “terribly dangerous woman.”
This story has been getting uneven play in the news [...]
NEW YORK: The government of Pakistan on Monday renewed its offer to Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani neuroscientist who is US prison in Brooklyn, to hire a defence lawyer for her, Pakistan embassy officials here said.
The offer was conveyed by Ambassador Husain Haqqani who telephoned her on Monday and urged her to ‘cooperate with the government’s [...]
WASHINGTON-Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani on Monday spoke by telephone to Dr Aafia Siddiqui, the detained Pakistani neuro-scientist, and discussed with her the govt efforts to secure her release and repatriation to Pakistan.
A Pakistan Embassy official said Ambassador Haqqani inquired about her health and assured of the efforts the govt of Pakistan is [...]
WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani on Monday phoned detained scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui and discussed with her the government’s efforts to secure her release and repatriation to homeland.
Ambassador Haqqani enquired Ms Siddiqui about her health and assured of the efforts the government of Pakistan is making for her release and legal [...]
