Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s mother, Ismat Siddiqui, has said that her daughter will not get a fair trial under the current setting because she has been denied lawyers of her choice.
In a letter addressed to Judge Richard Berman, which was released to the media on Wednesday, she said: “I do not believe that Aafia will get [...]
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani government is seriously considering a proposal by the Foreign Office to swap the five American nationals held on terror charges for Pakistani doctor Aafia Siddiqui who is detained in the US.
“We have sent a proposal to the President and the Prime Minister not to deport the detained US nationals unilaterally,” a [...]
KARACHI: The Gulshan-e-Iqbal police station here has registered an FIR for the kidnapping of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, along with her three minor children. The FIR was lodged against personnel of an unidentified law-enforcement agency, and a case was filed on the complaint of Dr Aafia’s sister.
Gulshan-e-Iqbal SHO Rustam Nawaz said they received a complaint from [...]
This is the last public statements of Najeeb Ahmed, one of Pakistan’s eminent investigative journalists. In the video he says he had proof of Aafia’s abduction and handover.
Unfortunately he died a day after making this statement.
Our prayers and thoughts are with his family.
Sincerely,
The Free Aafia Campaign
KARACHI: Gulshan-e-Iqbal police claimed to have lodged, in their respective police station, the case of abduction of Dr. Aafia Siddiqi and her children against the former present Pervez Musharraf on Monday morning, Geo news reported.
According to sources, Dr. Aafia Siddiqi was abducted with her children from Karachi in 2003 while she was on her way [...]
ISLAMABAD: Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, sister of DR Aafia Siddiqui, has demanded of the American government to release Dr Aafia first under the Geneva Convention and then demand release of the five detained Americans under the same law.
Dr. Fauzia was talking to a private TV channel here on Saturday. She said that the American rulers are [...]
ISLAMABAD: Spokesman of the Foreign Office, Abdul Basit on Friday underlined that the Pakistan Embassy in Washington will methodically pursue the hearing of the Pakistani neuroscientist, Aafia Siddiqui case staring from January 19, 2010.
Abdul Basit expressed these views while talking to a host of Journalists after participating in the meeting of the Senate Standing Committee [...]
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior urged the government on Friday to ensure prompt repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqi.
The committee also called upon international human rights organisations and UN Secretary General to exercise their influence to help secure Dr Siddiqi’s release and locate her two missing children. The meeting of the committee was presided [...]
ISLAMABAD, Dec 11 (APP): The Senate Standing Committee on Interior Friday urged the government to ensure prompt repatriation of Dr Afia Siddiqui.The Committee also called upon International Human Rights Organizations and UN Secretary General to exercise their influence to help secure Dr. Siddiqui’s release and locate her two missing children.The committee presided over by Senator [...]
LAHORE: Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed a deputy attorney general (DAG) to inform the court about the consequences of moving the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui from the United States’ authorities.
DAG Naveed Inayat Malik, on behalf of the federal government and [...]
