US agrees on Aafia Siddiqui’s deportation

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Friday, 19 July 2013

19-07-2013 | Courtesy PT
ISLAMABAD: In the latest breakthrough, the US has offered Pakistan to sign a prisoner swap agreement for the extradition of Dr Aafia Siddiqi, after which the Pakistani scientist will be allowed to serve the remaining part of her imprisonment in her homeland.

Talking to a private TV channel, the spokesperson of the Foreign Office Umar Hameed also confirmed that the US had offered Pakistan to sign prisoner swap agreement after which both countries would release each other’s prisoners.

According to the documents acquired from the Interior Ministry, the US told Pakistan in written that the only legal way for the extradition of Dr Aafia Siddiqi was to sign the prisoner swap agreement with the US.

The US offered two deals that include European Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons and Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad in this regard, the channel said.

Meanwhile, it was also revealed that the Interior Ministry had formed a task force following the US offer which held its first session on July 3 to review the agreement.

The task force was established under the directives of Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan.

The Pakistani neuroscientist was sentenced to 86 years in prison after she was convicted of grabbing a US soldier’s M-4 assault rifle and trying to shoot a group of FBI agents and soldiers at an Afghan police compound in July 2008, a charge she consistently denied during the trial.

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Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s son Ahmed has memorized the Quran

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Wednesday, 17 July 2013

17-07-2013 | Courtesy Express News

کراچی: امریکا میں زیر حراست پاکستانی سائنسدان خاتون ڈاکٹر عافیہ صدیقی کے بیٹے احمد نے قرآن پاک حفظ کرلیا۔

منگل کو نجی ٹی وی کے ایک پروگرام میں شرکت کے موقع پر عافیہ صدیقی کی بہن ڈاکٹر فوزیہ صدیقی نے بتایا کہ ان کے بھانجے اور عافیہ صدیقی کے بیٹے محمد احمد نے قرآن پاک حفظ کرنے کی سعادت حاصل کرلی ہے۔

یہ خوشخبری سناتے ہوئے فرط جذبات سے ان کی آنکھیں نم ہو گئیں اور آواز بھرا گئی، اس موقع پر عافیہ صدیقی کے بیٹے احمد بھی موجود تھے۔ احمد کو تقریباً5 سال قبل پاکستانی حکام کے حوالے کیا گیا تھا جب اس کی عمر 11 برس تھی۔

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Naimatullah Khan puts blame on Fauzia of politicizing the Aafia issue

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Thursday, 18 April 2013

18-04-2013
Well, usually, before Fauzia Siddiqui decided to contest elections from NA-250, JI always used the Afia issue as a major element of its politics.

Now, when Fauzia has decided to contest elections ao that she can practically do something for her sister if she gets elected, JI's Naimatullah Khan has put the whole blame on her of politicizing the Afia issue.

Have a look at the video.

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Dr Fauzia vs the Jamaat-e-Islami

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Tuesday, 9 April 2013

09-04-2013 | Tribune
KARACHI: Ms Fauzia Siddiqui, the sister of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, will be contesting elections against former mayor of Karachi and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Naimatullah Khan. Understandably, this has put the JI in a tight spot.

She originally decided to contest from NA-250 (Karachi) in order to take on former President Pervez Musharraf. Now, his nomination papers for that constituency have been rejected and one has to wait and see whether he will file an appeal or not.

Fauzia, who decided to contest as an independent after getting a cold shoulder from the JI, is still in the running. Despite the JI’s best efforts, she has refused to withdraw. A senior JI leader in Karachi confirmed that efforts were made to convince her not to contest but she insisted and there is not much they can do to change her mind.

Why the JI refused her a ticket is another question. Sources say the tough JI conditionality for selection of the candidates may have prevented them from nominating or even supporting her in the elections. But one wonders why the Jamaat, which has seen its influence in Karachi whittled away, did not cash in on this opportunity.

After all, the Pasban, which comprises of youth members of the JI, have led a campaign too free Dr Aafia since 2005 and are still backing Fauzia Siddiqui. They too are now in a fix.
However, the JI is now giving more importance to its other youth wing, Shabab-e-Milli , and seems to have practically abandoned the Pasban, which was promoted by former JI Ameer, Qazi Hussain Ahmad, in the ’90s.

Fauzia, who is inexperienced in politics, came to the fore after 2005, when for the first time a foreign female journalist disclosed the presence of her sister Aafia in an Afghan jail.
Dr Aafia, who was residing in the US, disappeared in May 2003 after she left her home in Karachi, where she was staying with her mother. It is generally believe that she was picked up in an intelligence operation and handed over to the US at the old Quaid-e-Azam International Airport, from where she was flown to Kabul.

Surprisingly, the then MMA, which included the JI, did not raise the issue in the National Assembly or even in what was then the NWFP Assembly.

Her mother, who was interviewed for the first time by me, about a week after Aafia’s disappearance, disclosed that she was assured by then chairman of the Senate Mohammad Mian Soomro and Mushahid Hussain Syed, that she would be returned. That promise remains unfulfilled.

One also wonders what Fauzia Siddiqui wants to achieve by contesting elections, given that she stands little chance of success and that her defeat can only damage her sister’s cause. She has every right to feel disappointed with the JI for not supporting her or nominating her, but the cause of releasing her sister should take precedence over an electoral bid.

The Jamaat could have accommodated her on a reserved seat and only the Jamaat’s leadership knows why they did not do so. If they can make seat adjustments with the PML (N), the leader of which its Ameer once described as “two sides of the same coin,” when comparing him to Asif Ali Zardari, then one seat could have been given to Fauzia as well.

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Aafia's sister thrashes Imran over his pro-US policies

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Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Pakistan: A controversial footage has been leaked, in which brother of Ebad ur Rahman who was brutally killed by US agent Raymond Davis in Lahore. Ebad's brother is revealing some facts about Imran Khan in this Video. Ebad's brother & Aafia's sister, Fozia Siddiqui thrashed Imran Khan over his Pro-American policies. The most shocking part of the video, when Fozia Siddiqui, said " Imran ko K***a kehna  K***ay ki Toheen hai "

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