ISLAMABAD (SANA): Interior Minister Rehman Malik Monday sought DNA report and forensic test of an unidentified girl dropped outside the home of Dr. Aafia’s mother.
The Minister also asked the police to complete the identification of the girl from NADRA.
It is pertinent to mention here that an unidentified girl was dropped [...]
ISLAMABAD: Senate standing committee on Interior and political leadership has called upon the government to use all options to ensure return of Dr Aafia Siddiqui to home besides initiating action against those found responsible for handing over her to US.
Committee met here Thursday in the head office of National Data base and Registration Authority (NADRA) [...]
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: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday directed the federal government to submit names of the lawyers contesting Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s case before a US court and the payment made to them, by August 31.
Earlier on behalf of the federal government, Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik informed the court that Rs 180 million [...]
NEW YORK: The government is seeking new lawyers to represent US-trained Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, who faces a possible life prison sentence for the attempted murder of US interrogators in Afghanistan. Aafia, 37, who the US government has accused of links with Al Qaeda, was recently ruled fit to stand trial after a hearing in [...]
NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) – The government of Pakistan is seeking new lawyers to represent a U.S.-trained Pakistani neuroscientist who faces a possible life prison sentence for the attempted murder of U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan.
Aafia Siddiqui, 37, who the U.S. government has accused of links with al Qaeda, was recently ruled fit to stand [...]
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday sought a reply from the foreign and interior ministries by August 17 about the efforts made for the repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani-born scientist detained in the United States.
The LHC said the matter should be taken up with the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
The court [...]
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has sought access to Dr Aafia Siddiqui through the United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dawn has learnt.
The Pakistani investigators have also called for inclusion of Dr Siddiqui’s ex-husband, Mohammad Amjad Khan, in their probe.
FIA Director General Tariq Khosa asked the government to provide the agency with access to [...]
ISLAMABAD: A single bench of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday again directed the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Interior to submit replies by February 25 to a petition seeking the return of Pakistani scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui to the country.
Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam was hearing the petition filed by Barrister Javed Jafferi [...]
