Afghan militants say they’ll release a captured soldier from Hailey if the United States releases a Pakistani woman.
According to the Idaho Statesman, militants are proposing a prisoner exchange for soldier Bowe Bergdahl. They want the United States to release Aafia Siddiqui, convicted this week by a New York federal jury of [...]
ISLAMABAD : Expressing dismay over the unexpected verdict in Dr Aafia Siddiqui case in the US, Pakistan has said that it would determine its future course of action by consulting her family members and lawyers. At a weekly media briefing, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said.
“We are dismayed over the unexpected verdict in Dr Aafia [...]
PESHAWAR: The Afghan Taliban on Thursday demanded the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist who has been convicted by the US court on charges of her alleged attempt to murder US soldiers in Afghanistan, and threatened to execute an American soldier they were holding currently. They claimed Aafia Siddiqui’s family had approached the [...]
She studied at MIT and at Brandeis where she received a Ph.D in Neuroscience. Thus, she was both an educated and in some sense, a westernized woman. Both her Pakistani-born father and Pakistani husband are physicians who trained in the West, in England and America, respectively; her brother and sister are also highly trained professionals. [...]
LONDON : The UK-based Association of Pakistan Lawyers (APL) has flayed the conviction of Dr.Aafia Siddiqui by a New York court and said the neuro-scientist needs justice which is seen to be done.
Chairman, APL, Barrister Amjad Malik in a statement expressed apprehension that her conviction will affect relations between the two countries as well as [...]
The women wing of Jamat-e-Islami (JI) staged a protest outside the Idara-e-Noor-e-Haq on Thursday for what they termed as an unjust verdict announced by the US jury regarding Dr Afia Siddiqui.
The rally was taken out from JI headquarters to Islamia College and was led by the JI women wing leader Ayesha Munawar. The protestors carried [...]
Islamabad—Pakistan has expressed dismay over unexpected verdict of the American jury in Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s case and said it will try to do its best to secure her release.
Reacting to the judgment in this case, Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit said the Government will consult family of Dr. Aafia and the [...]
ISLAMABAD: Voicing concerns over the verdict of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui case, the President Asif Ali Zardari has directed the federal government for extension of legal support to Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, charged with attempt to murder of US troops in Afghanistan, Geo news reported.
In a statement issued from presidency, President Zardari has issued directives to concerned [...]
By Masood Rehman
ISLAMABAD: Legal experts on Thursday termed as biased and partial the opinion of a New York jury that found Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist, guilty of attempted murder charges on all seven counts listed in the complaint against her. She was tried on the charges of trying to kill US soldiers in [...]
* Foreign Office expresses dismay over ‘unexpected verdict’ in detained neuroscientist’s case
* Says ultimate objective is repatriation of Dr Aafia
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will take all steps to secure the release and return home of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist who stands convicted by a US court for shooting at her US interrogators [...]
