Islamabad : The Pakistan government would take all necessary step needed to defend Dr. Aafia Siddiqui during the final hearing, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Malik Ammad said.
Siddiqui, a trained neuroscientists, has been indicted by a Manhattan court on terrorism charges.
Addressing the National Assembly (NA), Ammad said all evidence against Aafia is insubstantial, and the [...]
ISLAMABAD – A peaceful walk held on Thursday organised by Pakistan Professional Forum to protest the conviction of Dr Aafia Siddiqui by the US court.
The peaceful walk in which representatives of civil society, a large number of students, families of missing persons and activists of Human Rights of Pakistan participated began [...]
After the guilty verdict in the high profile trial of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in New York, defense attorney Elaine Sharp- the only member of the defense team that Dr. Siddiqui has any relations with said: “Dr. Siddiqui told us that she was picked-up by Pakistani men in two black cars. These [...]
ISLAMABAD – Terming the repatriation of Dr Aafia a common cause, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Malik Amad Thursday assured the National Assembly that the government would fully defend her till the final hearing.
Winding up the discussion on Dr. Aafia’s conviction, he said that the evidence against her was very weak [...]
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ISLAMABAD: State Minister of Foreign Affairs Malik Ammad on Thursday assured the National Assembly (NA) that the government would fully defend Dr Aafia Siddiqui in the final hearing.
While talking about Aafia’s conviction in the National Assembly (NA), Ammad said the evidence against her was insubstantial, and the statements of [...]
LAHORE: Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, sister of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, will lead a students’ rally and stage a sit-in protest in front of the US Consulate on February 16 (Tuesday), as part of her countrywide campaign for her sister’s release.
A Pakistani neuroscientist and mother of three children, Aafia was convicted by the [...]
ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday reassured the National Assembly that it would put up a strong defence of Dr Aafia Siddiqui and make every possible effort to secure her release, as both treasury and the opposition benches criticised it for weak defence. They described the US court’s verdict against Dr Aafia [...]
By Abrar Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: While a large number of Pakistanis continue to believe that Aafia Siddiqui, now held guilty by a jury in the United States, was picked up in the year 2003 from Karachi, surprisingly even her own testimony in the court did not touch upon the real circumstances of her [...]
ISLAMABAD: The government assured the National Assembly on Thursday it would put up a “good defence” for Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui even at the next stage of her trial by a US court where a jury last week found her guilty of attempting to murder American soldiers in Afghanistan.
“Justice is not [...]
Describing the conviction of Pakistani neuroscientist Dr.Aafia Siddiqui as “miscarriage of justice”, British Parliamentarians have called for withdrawal of case against her and repatriation to Pakistan. At a function organised at the House of Lords on Tuesday evening to raise support for the incarcerated Dr. Siddiqui, Lord Nazir Ahmed together [...]
