NEW YORK: Pakistan scientist Aafia Siddiqui’s lawyers concluded their arguments before a Manhattan court on Monday, insisting that there’s no physical evidence that their client had tried to kill American soldiers and FBI agents.
The trial of Dr Aafia, charged with shooting at her US interrogators in Afghanistan, moved into the final stage. As defence and [...]
NEW YORK: The trial of Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani scientist charged with shooting at her US interrogators in Afghanistan, moved into the final stage on Monday, with defence lawyers highlighting in their final arguments the lack of coherence in the accounts by prosecution witnesses. After both the prosecution and defence delivered their closing arguments, the [...]
KARACHI: Court of judicial magistrate east has issued show cause notice to investigation officer in Dr Aafia kidnapping case and has summoned him to court along with the report of the case on January 25.
Kidnapping case of Dr Aafia Siddiqui was registered against some unknown persons by Gulshan Iqbal police under the directives of federal [...]
KARACHI: Judicial Magistrate, East, Karachi, Zabiha Khattak Thursday issued show cause notice to police officer investigating Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s kidnap case for not submitting record on statements of her relatives.
The court had summoned Investigation Officer (IO) Shahid Qureshi to appear along with record.
Instead of appearing, IO submitted a report through another policeman.
The JM, issuing show [...]
ISLAMABAD: During a certificate-awarding ceremony at a college in Islamabad, the situation took an unusual turn when a female student refused to get her certificate from Federal Minister Dr. Farooq Sattar in protest against the captivity of Dr Aafia Siddiqi in the US.
Asma Waheed, an A-level student of OPF College, came to stage but registered [...]
NEW YORK: Pakistani national, Dr Aafia Siddiqui told the jurors at her trial that she [...]
The trial of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui has taken a bizarre turn when a witness’s testimony came out to be different from the one given by American official Captain Schnieder. Furthermore, an FBI agent testified that they did not find Dr. Aafia’s finger-prints on the rifle.
The US federal court in Manhattan heard Aafia Siddiqui and 5 [...]
We have regularly covered Dr. Aafia case at Pro-Pakistan. We have highlighted the injustices done to her and her family by the Americans in a completely one sided trial. However, the current article is just another effort to share with our readers how this whole drama unfolded till date and how the media reported it. [...]
WASHINGTON: The hearing of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui case held in New York on Tuesday amid which US judge ordered to take Aafia out of courtroom over her hue and cry and disturbing proceedings of case.
A protest demonstration was also staged for release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui outside court.
She was produced in a Manhattan court while [...]
Islamabad—Minister for Foreign Affairs Mukhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday told Senate in black and white that government was utilizing all available resources to get Dr. Aafia Siddiqui released from American custody.
He said, our embassy in Washington has sent several verbal notes to the State Department requesting for withdrawing of charges and her repatriation to [...]
