By Moin Ansari
The Terror-Industrial Complex
The conviction of the Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui in New York last week of trying to kill American military officers and FBI agents illustrates that the greatest danger to our security comes not from al-Qaida but the thousands of shadowy mercenaries, kidnappers, killers and torturers our government [...]
LONDON : The UK-based Association of Pakistani origin Lawyers (APL) has announced its complete support to the campaign initiated by British parliamentarian Lord Nazir Ahmed to seek a fair trial of Dr.Aafia Siddiqui. APL Chair Barrister Amjad Malik, said Tuesday that western media has blacked out Dr.Siddiqui’s conviction [...]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court disposed of a petition on Monday directing the federal government to take effective measures for the release and repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui from US detention.
Dr Aafia has been convicted by a US court with attempted killing of US agents while in detention in Bagram, Afghanistan.
Justice [...]
An anti-US rally was held in Islamabad on Monday protesting the US Federal Court verdict convicting Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui.
On February 8, a 12-member New York jury convicted Siddiqui, a mother of three and a graduate of the prestigious American university, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, of attempted murder. She had [...]
by Stephen Lendman
On February 3, a Department of Justice press release headlined “Aafia Siddiqui Found Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court of Attempting to Murder US Nationals in Afghanistan and Six Additional Charges.”
At her scheduled May 6 sentencing, she “faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each of the attempted murder and armed [...]
ISLAMABAD – The Government’s lack of interest, despite its tall claims for early release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, can be judged from the fact that no one from Pakistan’s Embassy attended Dr Aafia’s hearing in the New York court that convicted her of late, in spite of the fact that all allegations levelled against her [...]
ISLAMABAD – Gen (R) Hamid Gul has said that owing to secret agreements between the political parties and the US, both the opposition and the ruling PPP did not raise their voice in Dr Aafia Sidduqui’s case.
He stated this while addressing a protest gathering here on Monday, which was organised by [...]
KARACHI: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has directed Pakistani consulate in United States of America to do more for release of Pakistani neuroscientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.
”Government is mobilizing all resources for release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and direction to Pakistani consulate in US and legal team have also been issued”, [...]
Karachi : Ismat Siddiqui and Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, mother and sister of Dr Aafia Siddiqi, called on Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday at the Governor House.
They family apprised the prime minister of the miseries being faced by them in the wake of the US jury verdict in the [...]
LAHORE (DAWN) – In response to a petition filed at the Lahore High Court, the Foreign Ministry on Monday has been directed to consult the Federal Law Ministry and make necessary efforts for the release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui from the U.S. courts.
After the February 3 decision of convicting Siddiqui with charges of attempting to [...]
