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Sindhi demand release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui on Cap and Ajrak Day
Sindhi demand release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui on Cap and Ajrak Day
On Cap and Ajrak Cultural Day, Sindhi demand the release of a Pakistani Dr. Aifia Siddiqui, incarcerated in the United States for a false allegedly attempting to kill her interrogators while in Afghanistan. Karachi, Pakistan. 19th November 2011
Scores rally for Aafia release
LAHORE – Scores of activists of religious and political parties took out a rally titled ‘All Pakistan Aafia Rally’ outside the Lahore Press Club Friday.
The rally was part of observing black day to protest for the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who has been languishing in the US jail. Workers of various parties, including PML-N, JI, JUI, Tehrik-i-Istaqlal, Tehrik-i-Hurmate-i-Rasool and Khaksar Tehrik, observed the day, condemning the verdict against Dr Aafia and demanding the government mount up pressure on the US to secure her release.
JI demands early release of Dr Aafia
SIALKOT/SARGODHA – Hundreds of Jamaat-e-Islami and Shabab-e-Milli activists staged a protest demonstration here at Allama Iqbal Chowk on Friday against the government’s failure to get released Dr Aafia Sidiqui from the US.
Former MPA Advocate Arshad Mehmood Baggu and Sialkot JI Ameer Hafiz Muhammad Aslam Tahir led the rally on the city roads, carrying the banners and placards. They highlighted the importance of “Dr Aafia Sidiqui Day” while addressing the participants. Arshad Baggu and Aslam Tahir strongly criticised the government and said that both President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani had forgotten Dr Aafia. They said the US got freed Ramond Davis from Pakistan which was a slap on the face our ruler.
Meanwhile, on the appeal of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), the Ulema unanimously passed several condemnation resolutions against the arrest of Dr Aafia Sidiqui after the Juma sermons in all the mosques of Sialkot, Daska, Bhopalwala, Sambrial, Uggoki, Pasrur, Badiana, Chawinda and surrounding areas. The Ulema also prayed for the early release of Dr Aafia from America and for the halt of the torrential rains and heavy floods in Sindh and for curbing the menace of dengue fever virus in Punjab.
Rallies and seminars staged demanding Aafia’s release
The trial and sentencing of Aafia Siddiqui had sparked an outrage in Pakistan where most people viewed the case and the sentencing as a blatant anti-Muslim and unjust.
Participants of the ‘Release Aafia Day’ rally; organized by Jamaat-e-Islami, a right wing religious political party, chanted anti-American chanted slogans and demanded the release of 39-year old mother of three. The party’s chief Munawwar Hassan and other leaders addressing the rally expressed solidarity with Dr. Afia and her family termed 86 year sentence handed by the US Court on September 23 last year anti-Muslim, unjust.
The New York Court had found Siddiqui guilty of grabbing a rifle at a police station in the Afghan town of Ghazni where she was being interrogated in July 2008 and of trying to gun down her US interrogators in Ghazni, Afghanistan.
Prosecutors said she opened fire that did not hit anyone but was herself shot in the stomach before being subdued.
Wikileaks revelations: US was concerned about release of terrorists, Karachi port security
KARACHI: Many of the more than 1,000 recently released US embassy cables relating to Pakistan speak of Pakistan’s battle against religious extremism and militancy.
While some of the cables show concern on the trends observed by US diplomats, others simply relay what was being reported in the Pakistani media without comment, as if to suggest that the events speak for themselves. In others, US diplomats seek to respond to allegations against the US in the Pakistani media.
Protest held for Aafia’s release
ISLAMABAD – Civil society members on Wednesday held a protest demonstration outside the National Press Club to press their demand for Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s release from an American jail before the 18th Eid of her imprisonment.
The protesters slammed the government’s indifference towards the issue and chanted anti-US slogans. They described Aafia as the daughter of the whole Muslim world and said every Muslim country should raise its voice to get her released.
In a written letter presented during the protest, Aafia’s mother appealed to the US and Pakistani governments to make possible the release of her daughter before Eid, a move that could also stable the US economy and strengthen the relation between the two countries.
Aafia Release Marches, 3000Days in Captivity Marked; Police Harassment
In June, several marches were held across Pakistan. Another sad milestone was marked: Aafia has now been held over 3,000 days in captivity.
During the marches, heavy police and Ranger para-military presence was noted with some minor harassment of protesters who remained peaceful despite provocation from some “official” elements.
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British Parliamentarians for the release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui
LONDON (UK): Four British Muslim Parliamentarians have demanded release of Dr.Aafia Siddiqui from the US custody and her return to Pakistan along with her two missing children.
In a letter addressed to US President Barack Obama and released to the media, Lord Nazir Ahmed along with Lord Altaf Sheikh, Lord Patel and MP Muhammad Sarwar have stressed that Dr.Siddiqui’s cause has become a rallying point for the people of Pakistan .
“We must stress that anti-American feeling her treatment is causing in an area key to success against extremist insurgency,” the Parliamentarians said.
Release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui demanded
GOLARCHI: The members of the Pakistan Human Rights Development Organization (PHRDO) Golarchi chapter under the leadership of Afzal Arain, Ghulam Mustafa Khokhar, Afzal Shah and others took out a protest rally for release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui on Sunday.
The participants of the rally marched through various roads of the city and reached outside the Naushehro Feroze Press Club.
Addressing on the occasion, the protesting leaders strongly condemned the arrest of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui by American authorities.
They said that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui was convicted in a false case by an American jury.
