Afia Siddiqui’s mysterious disappearance leads to speculation about an official cover-up.
By Mazhar Abbas
As I walked into a large Karachi residence in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, I was greeted by an old veiled woman, who welcomed me and both my colleagues. She was Ismat Siddiqui, mother of Dr Afia Siddiqui, who alongwith her three children, disappeared on April [...]
01/04/2003
Lahore | From Our Correspondent
A Pakistani woman who was on the FBI list for having suspected links to the Al Qaida network has been taken into custody by an intelligence agency.
Though news of the arrest has not been made public, sources in Lahore confirmed that Dr Aafia Siddiqui was “finally tracked down to Karachi [...]
NEW YORK, Aug 26 (APP): A lawyer for Aafia Sidiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist charged with trying to kill American interrogators in Afghanistan, has made a fervent plea to U.S. authorities to immediately shift her client to a hospital in view of her worsening state of health.
“Her condition has significantly deteriorated since August four when she [...]
Following media reports that Pak-American ‘terror suspect’ Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s health was worsening by the day inside the US federal prison where she is being held for almost a month, Pakistan has officially conveyed its concerns to the US Government regarding her well-being.
Dr Aafia (36) has been nursing her bullet wounds inside the prison. According [...]
By Mariana Baabar
ISLAMABAD: The government of Afghanistan contacted the family of Dr Aafia Siddiqui late on Sunday night and assured Aafia’s sister that they were ready to hand over her 11-year old son Ahmed Siddiqui to the family.
The family sources confided to The News that Aafia’s sister, Fauzia Siddiqui, is expected to reach Kabul next [...]
ISLAMABAD: US authorities have indicated to the Pakistan government that Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who is suffering from bullet wounds, will be shifted to another facility by next week, which is less intrusive and offers better medical care.
“While there has been no formal announcement yet, it has been informally communicated to us that Dr Aafia Siddiqui [...]
KARACHI: Dr Fouzia Siddiqui has said that Dr Aafia Siddiqui did not belong to al-Qaeda and neither she was involved in terrorist activities and was being implicated in fake cases.
She expressed these views while talking in a private TV channel’s programme. She stated that Dr Aafia’s three children were missing since last five years and [...]
KARACHI: Dr. Fouzia Siddiqui, daughter of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui has accused Pakistan of declining to accept the citizenship of Dr. Aafia’s children.
Talking to Geo News, she told that Pakistani government refused to demand custody of Dr. Aafia’s children from the Afghanistan.
She said her family had filed a case in American court seeking custody of children. [...]
Host: Cage Prisoners
Type: Causes – Protest
Network: Global
Time and Place Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Location: Court Room 21D, US District Court (U.S.D.C.) for the Southern District of New York (S.D.N.Y)
Street: 500 Pearl Street
City/Town: Manhattan, NY
Email: contact@cageprisoners.com
The hearing on 23rd September is at the United States District Court (U.S.D.C.) for the Southern District of [...]
Washington, Sept 5 (ANI): Pakistan-American scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui, presently held in a US prison on terror charges, is strip searched every time she is visited, even by her lawyers.
Protesting against the way she was being strip searched, the ‘terror suspect’ refused to appear in the court yesterday.
Giving a chilling description of the strip search [...]
