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Aafia’s family says it has nothing to do with funds campaign
KARACHI: Until a few weeks ago, banners asking for Rs1.5 million in donations for the legal defence of Aafia Siddiqui adorned several neighbourhoods in Karachi.
Aafia is serving an 86-year sentence in the US on charges of attempting to kill US officials in Afghanistan. She is also widely believed to have been supporting al Qaeda.
Those banners, according to Aafia’s sister Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, have been removed at her behest as Fauzia does not believe this is the “right way” to ask for money and the banners were put up while she was not in Pakistan.
“It is not appropriate to ask for alms and donations for daughters. It is a daughter’s right.”
What Do Pakistanis See When They Look In The Mirror These Days?
by: Mauri Saalakhan
I begin with a question: How can Pakistanis look at themselves in the mirror and not feel absolute contempt for the tribal image they see glaring back at them?
As soon as I heard about the deal struck for the release of the CIA connected murderer, Raymond Davis, I made an inquiry into the terms of the agreement. Was Aafia Siddiqui’s release part of the deal? The answer in one word: “No.”
How disgustingly shameful this is! A foreign mercenary working under diplomatic cover can reportedly shoot two Pakistani citizens in the back (killing both in the process), and a court of law can find this murderer “Not guilty” – using the aggrieved families’ acceptance of ”blood money” under coercive circumstances, and in Buy cipro online violation of the applicable terms of Islamic law, as a feeble justification.
Laws of science do not apply in Aafia Siddiqui case
Aafia Siddiqui’s lawyer says the laws of science do not apply in the case against the Pakistani woman who is charged with attempting to murder US soldiers and FBI agents.
Siddiqui is accused of grabbing a US warrant officer’s M-4 rifle in a police station in Ghazni, Afghanistan and firing two shots at FBI agents and military personnel when being interrogated for her alleged possession of documents detailing a ‘terrorist’ plan.
On Monday, Siddiqui’s lawyer Linda Moreno said in the final stages of her trial in the Manhattan Federal Court that the “science” supported her testimony that she didn’t touch the weapon or fire it, The Wall Street Journal reported.
