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Return of Dr Aafia’s daughter welcomed
Karachi: The Human Rights Network (HRN) on Saturday welcome the return of Marium, the daughter of noted Pakistani scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui who is presently languishing in a US jail, and demanded from the Pakistani government to take more serious efforts for the early repatriation of Dr Aafia.
Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club, here on Saturday, HRN president Intikhab Alam Soori, and general secretary Shahzad Mazhar said that the return of Marium from illegal US detention has proven that America has double standards on human rights of women and children.
Dr. Aafia’s 12 year old daughter liberated from US Bagram Airbase
US citizen, and MIT graduate, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui mysteriously disappeared on a trip to Pakistan. Six years later Dr. Aafia was discovered at the American Air Force base at Bagram in Afghanistan. She had been brutally raped and tortured for years. The woman was then transferred to the US and charged with wrestling a gun from a marine in a room full of US armed force personnel. Despite the fact that Dr Aafia’s finger prints was not found on the weapon that she had supposedly used, and the inconvenient truth that the walls of the room did not have any bullets, Dr. Aafia was convicted for firing at the marine–she was given a sentence of 40 years.
Dr. Aafia had three children. One son is stil missing. The middle daughter Mariam was found from the Bagram Air Force base. The firl is 11 years old and could only speak English.
Govt formally declares teenage girl as Aafia’s daughter
The Government has formally declared 12 years old Maryam as daughter of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui after proved by DNA Test and the girl handed over to the family of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.
Dr. Fauzia Siddiqui, sister of Dr Aafia Siddiqui visited the Interior Ministry with 12 years old Maryam on Saturday and held a meeting with Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
Talking to media after holding the meeting, the Interior Minister said that Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani wanted to make the announcement himself but he asked him to announce this.
Rehman Malik said that the DNA Report has proved that 12 years old Maryam is daughter of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, adding the girl only speak English.
British Parliamentarians for the release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
LONDON (UK): Four British Muslim Parliamentarians have demanded release of Dr.Aafia Siddiqui from the US custody and her return to Pakistan along with her two missing children.
In a letter addressed to US President Barack Obama and released to the media, Lord Nazir Ahmed along with Lord Altaf Sheikh, Lord Patel and MP Muhammad Sarwar have stressed that Dr.Siddiqui’s cause has become a rallying point for the people of Pakistan .
“We must stress that anti-American feeling her treatment is causing in an area key to success against extremist insurgency,” the Parliamentarians said.
Malik seeks DNA report of girl dropped at Dr Aafia’s home
ISLAMABAD (SANA): Interior Minister Rehman Malik Monday sought DNA report and forensic test of an unidentified girl dropped outside the home of Dr. Aafia’s mother.
The Minister also asked the police to complete the identification of the girl from NADRA.
It is pertinent to mention here that an unidentified girl was dropped Buy nolvadex online outside the home of Dr. Aafia’s mother with the address of Dr. Aafia in her neck. Asmat Siddiqui, the mother of Dr. Aafia informed the Interior Minister about the baby.
The Interior Minister took immediate notice of the issue and directed the police to undertake the DNA of the girl so that her relation with Dr. Aafia could be ascertained.
Teenage girl not Aafia Siddiqui’s daughter
KARACHI: Dr Fauzia Siddiqui has confirmed that the teenage girl, brought by unidentified men to her home is not Mariam, the missing 11-year-old daughter of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani national scientist detained in US prison.
According to private TV channel, the sister of detained Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, Dr. Fauzia Siddiqui confirmed that the teenage was not daughter of her sister as the Federal Interior Minister had reported that the finger prints of teenage girl were not matched with the prints of her niece, Mariam. The teenage girl aged between five to six speaks only English and has been shifted to Darul-Aman.
Is the mystery girl Dr Aafia’s daughter?
By Faraz Khan
KARACHI: A 12-year-old girl was abandoned outside the residence of Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s sister on Sunday, leading to speculations that the girl might be Aafia’s daughter who went missing seven years ago.
However, Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, Aafia’s sister doubted that the girl was actually Aafia’s daughter and called the incident highly suspicious.
Investigators probing Aafia’s case were left bewildered after people arrived at Fauzia’s residence in Gulshan-e-Iqbal and claimed that the girl was Aafia’s missing daughter.
“She is not Maryam and I am very angry with the people who are playing with my family’s emotions,” Fauzia said.
12 years old daughter of Dr. Aafia returned to the maternal aunt today in Karachi.
Dr. Aafia SiddiquiAafia Siddiqui is a Pakistani Muslim neuroscientist and MIT alumna. She was mother of three. She was convicted in NY City of assault with a deadly weapon attempting to kill an American soldier and FBI agents who were seeking to question Buy propecia online her. She had disappeared in March 2003 after being accused of being an al-Qaeda member. She resurfaced when she was arrested July 2008 by the Afghan Police. The arrest news was spread in the national and international media and here is just one instance. Her relatives asserted that she does not have any connection with al-Qaeda. After her conviction, thousands of people protested, and the Taliban threatened to kill captured American soldiers.
Custody of the son, Muhammad Ahmed, of the detained scientist in America, was handed over to Ambassador of Pakistan in Kabul by the Afghanistan Government in September 2008 after being imprisoned for 5 years. He was only 6 when he was abducted.
Mystery girl left outside Aafia’s house in Khi
KARACHI: An 11-year-old girl was left outside the house of Dr Aafia Siddiqui in Gulshan-i-Iqbal by some people on Sunday, deepening a mystery surrounding the fate of Dr Aafia’s children.
A senior police officer told Dawn that the girl was wearing a collar “bearing the address of the house in case she wandered off”.
Dr Aafia’s family informed police about the girl left outside their house by some people, the officer who did not want to be identified said.
The girl speaks English, but it was not clear if she could understand or speak Urdu or any other language, the officer added.
Dr. Aafia Siddiqi’s daughter has been found!
Today, Dr. Aafia Siddiqi’s long lost daughter was returned to the family. It is still not clear whether the girl can speak fluent English or even if she really is Dr. Aafia Siddiqi’s daughter, but efforts are under way to find out the truth.
Apparently, some unidentified people left 11-year old Marium at the house of Dr. Aafia Siddiqi’s sister, Dr. Fauzia Siddiqi, in Karachi. NADRA officials have taken the fingerprints of the young girl who went missing in the year 2003 to confirm her relationship to Dr. Aafia Siddiqi. It is with apprehension and immense pleasure, at the same time, that the tormented family has received the young girl. It still remains to be seen if she really is Dr. Aafia Siddiqi’s daughter.
