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Pakistani delegation urged to seek Aafia’s return
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami Naib Amir Siraj ul Haq said Thursday that the ongoing visit of high-level Pakistani delegation to the United States for holding strategic talks would be considered a failure if it failed to secure the honorable release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqi from the US detention.
Addressing a press conference here, Haq said that Pakistani nation wants honorable return of Aafia, not the US aid.
He said that Pakistani should push for resolution of Aafia’s issue during the visit. If they return empty-handed, the visit would be declared a failure, he commented.
Pakistan to seek Dr Aafia’s return
* Foreign Office expresses dismay over ‘unexpected verdict’ in detained neuroscientist’s case
* Says ultimate objective is repatriation of Dr Aafia
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will take all steps to secure the release and return home of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist who stands convicted by a US court for shooting at her US interrogators in Afghanistan, according to the Foreign Office on Thursday.
Aafia, 37, was convicted in a New York court on Wednesday for grabbing a US officer’s rifle while she was being questioned in 2008 in Afghanistan and firing at FBI agents and military personnel as she was wrestled to the ground. The jury gave a unanimous verdict on seven counts, including attempted murder and assault. Though guilty on two attempted murder counts, the jury said the crime was not premeditated. Aafia is a US-trained neuroscientist who spent years living in the US.
