LAHORE: The Lahore High Court disposed of a petition on Monday directing the federal government to take effective measures for the release and repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui from US detention.
Dr Aafia has been convicted by a US court with attempted killing of US agents while in detention in Bagram, Afghanistan.
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LAHORE: Pakistan cannot move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for Dr Aafia release without prior permission from US authorities, Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik told the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday.
Under a treaty with US, Malik said, the government could not approach the ICJ on its own for the release of Dr [...]
THE Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed the federal government to produce before the court the reported treaties signed with the US and Afghanistan which barred Pakistan from moving International Court of Justice (ICJ) without prior US permission for the release and extradition of Dr Aafia Siddiqi.
Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry issued the directives while hearing [...]
LAHORE: Ms Fauzia Siddiqui, sister of the Pakistani-US neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui under illegal US captivity on charges of aiding al-Qaeda, told Lahore High Court Tuesday that her sister was not arrested from Afghanistan as propagated by FBI but was arrested from Karachi with her three kids and handed over to the US by Musharraf [...]
LAHORE – Fouzia Siddiqui has said her sister Dr Aafia Siddiqui, an American captive, was not arrested from Afghanistan but the previous government had handed her over to the US after nabbing her from Karachi.
Fouzia Siddiqui said this on Tuesday while recording her statement before the court of Justice Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry of Lahore High [...]
Dr Aafia’s case can be referred to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) under ‘Pakistan Friendship and Commerce Treaty’ signed between US and Pakistan which allows citizens of both the countries to approach the ICJ without any state approval.
The Lahore High Court (LHC) observed this while disposing of petition seeking repatriation of Dr Aafia from [...]
LAHORE – The Lahore High Court has observed that the case of Dr Aafia Siddiqi’s repatriation and detention in America can be referred to International Court of Justice (ICJ) under ‘Pakistan Friendship and Commerce Treaty’ without the consent of US administration.
Justice Ijaz Ahmad Ch observed this while disposing of a petition seeking release of Dr [...]
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday directed the Foreign Ministry to take decision on the matter of filing the case of Dr Aafia Siddiqi before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) within one month.
The court also observed that the fair trial is the right of every accused and the foreign ministry should examine the [...]
LAHORE: Lahore High Court has rejected the petition for moving International court of justice in Aafia Siddiqui case.
Barrister Iqbal Jaffri had filed the petition before the LHC raising two points. He took the plea that US courts would never release Dr Aafia Siddqui as they would protect the US government interests praying Dr Aafia Siddiqui [...]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC), issuing notices to former interior and foreign affairs secretaries, and legal adviser to the Foreign Affairs Ministry, directed them to submit their affidavits within two weeks.
The court took this action on an application by Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s counsel, Barrister Iqbal Jafree. In his application, the counsel submitted the LHC [...]
