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Dr Aafia’s lawyer asks govt to move ICJ

ISLAMABAD: After being subjected to a strip search, Dr Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani woman held by the Americans on account of terrorism charges, is not allowed to receive even ordinary mail in the New York jail.
Barrister Iqbal Jafree, her lawyer, while talking to The News disclosed that he and a few members of Dr Aafia [...]

[ More ] November 28th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

Notices to AGP, ministry in Dr Aafia case

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the interior ministry and the attorney general of Pakistan on a contempt petition filed by Barrister Iqbal Jafferry, counsel for Dr Aafia Siddiqui, an American captive.
The counsel submitted that the court had earlier directed the government to take necessary actions for the release and repatriation [...]

[ More ] November 26th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

Attorney general, Interior Ministry issued notices in Dr Aafia case

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the attorney general of Pakistan and the Interior Ministry on a contempt petition against the federal government for not taking the case of Dr Aafia Siddiqui to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The court also directed the respondents to file replies by December 10. Barrister [...]

[ More ] November 26th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

Senate body wants renewed efforts for Dr Aafia’s release

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Saturday decided to formulate a resolution to press the US to release Dr Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani scientist detained by Washington for allegedly attacking US officials.
The resolution would be submitted to the Ministry of Law and Justice for further consideration. The committee, which met with Senator Talha [...]

[ More ] November 22nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

Senate body discusses progress on Dr Afia case

ISLAMABAD: Standing Committee on Interior on Saturday discussed progress on release of Dr. Afia.
The meeting chaired by Senator Talha Mehmood was attended by senator Israrullah Zehri, Najma Hameed, Tahir Hussain Mashadi, Almas Parveen, Gulshan Syed and Haji Adeel and Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
A representative of Foreign Office told the meeting that with the consultation of [...]

[ More ] November 21st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

Aafia’s plea for throwing out her case rejected

NEW YORK: A US Federal Court rejected on Thursday Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s defence team’s appeal to throw out the case against her since the alleged crime was not committed on the American soil.
At a pre-trial hearing Judge Richard Berman cited a congressional statute as well as past precedent to rule that the court had jurisdiction [...]

[ More ] November 21st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

Dr Aafia to boycott trial

NEW YORK – While a defiant Aafia Siddiqui declared that she would boycott her trial in January, a federal judge Thursday rejected her lawyers’ plea that she could not be tried in the United States as they pointed out that the Pakistani neuroscientist’s alleged crime took place outside the country. Ms Siddiqui, who was brought [...]

[ More ] November 21st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

NA human rights body for early release of Dr Aafia

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights on Thursday adopted a unanimous resolution demanding early release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui from US detention.
The committee decided that Dr Aafia’s sister, Fauzia Siddiqui, would be invited in the next meeting to share details of her sister’s case. It also considered sending a delegation of selected [...]

[ More ] November 20th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

Aafia Siddiqui vows to boycott her trial in January

NEW YORK, Nov 20 (APP): A federal judge Thursday rejected a defence lawyers’ plea that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui could not be tried in the United States as they pointed out that the Pakistani neuroscientist’s alleged crime took place outside the country, while she vowed to boycott her January trial.
Ms. Siddiqui, 37, is languishing in a [...]

[ More ] November 20th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in News |

Aafia Siddiqui’s story… Farfetched? Not according to a declassified DoD Inspector General’s report

“Why do they hate us?” This simple, yet loaded five word question has literally outperformed the thousands of answers that have been put forth. This is because comprehensive responses are rarely as powerful as a simple question. Aafia Siddiqui’s case suffers from the very same dynamic; it is complex, it is detailed and it raises [...]

[ More ] November 2nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Articles |
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