Islamabad : Hundreds of protesters in the federal capital on Sunday urged the government to block Nato supply route to allied forces in Afghanistan to press for release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, who is languishing in US jail.
The protest demonstration, the largest in Islamabad on the issue of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s [...]
By : Bilal A. Siddiqui
While almost everyone in Pakistan is concerned about the plight of a Muslim neurologist abducted by Pakistani intelligence agencies , handed over to the Americans and tortured for more than five years along with her three children (the youngest being just 6 months old at the time of [...]
KARACHI – Jamaat-e-Islami Sindh (JI) on Friday expressed deepest concern over injustice and discrimination with Dr Aafia in American court where she was convicted even when the evidence brought before the judge proved false.
This was said in a joint resolution after the meeting of advisory committee of Jamaat-e-Islami Sindh here.
The JI [...]
Islamabad : The residents of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad would participate in a protest demonstration at the Aabpara Chowk here on Sunday to express solidarity with Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.
“The demonstration will be an expression of solidarity with the daughter of the country, who is detained in the US on [...]
Islamabad has appealed to Washington to repatriate the female Pakistani scientist convicted in a US court of attempting to murder US military interrogators and FBI agents.
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui was recently found guilty by a US jury of charges that she has vehemently denied to have committed. The main charge against her [...]
BY AIJAZ ZAKA SYED
Reading all those legal thrillers by John Grisham and watching Hollywood blockbusters that portray innocent individuals framed and ensnared by a powerful system, one always thought: Of course, these things do not happen in real life.
I am not so sure anymore though. The abduction, persecution and now conviction [...]
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari requested the US government on Thursday to repatriate Dr Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistan.
During his meeting with US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, President Zardari requested that Aafia Siddiqui, currently convicted for attacking US soldiers, be repatriated to Pakistan under the Prisoner Exchange Agreement [...]
LAHORE: The Insaf Students Federation (ISF) on Tuesday took out a rally to express solidarity with Dr Aafia Siddiqui, demanding her immediate release.
“Insaf Rally”, which started from Faisal Chowk near the Punjab Assembly, was led by Dr Aafia’s sister Dr Fauzia Siddiqui while hundreds of students from different universities and colleges, [...]
* Aafia’s sister Dr Fauzia leads protest, says all allegations
‘baseless’, US court proceedings ‘fraud’
By Hussain Kashif
LAHORE: Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s sister, Dr Fauzia Siddiqui on Tuesday mobilised hundreds of young students from key educational institutes across the city to protest against the detention and torture of Dr Aafia who is currently [...]
THE aftermath of Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s conviction nearly two weeks ago in a New York courtroom has seen several protests. On Feb 13, students from universities all over Islamabad congregated at Aapbara Chowk and demanded her release, while pointing out the silence of human rights groups.
A day earlier, Lahore’s Liberty Chowk [...]
