KARACHI: Aafia Movement Pakistan leader and noted neuro physician Dr Fowzia Siddiqui has appealed to observe the day of October 19 as an international prayer day for Dr Aafia Siddiqui.
In a statement here Saturday, she appealed the prayer leaders, religious leaders and masses to observe the day as a prayer day. She said that now there was a new hope for repatriation of Aafia after recent developments in the United States (US).
She said that the nation should also pray for the guidance of Pakistani rulers and grant them courage and bravery to tackle this issue wisely.
Dr Fowzia said that Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi during his recent visit to the US and while talking to Pakistani media called Dr Aafia Siddiqui as the daughter of the nation and expressed the determination of his government to bring her back home. She added that in the past, rulers had missed many opportunities to seek the repatriation of Aafia.
She hoped that the PTI government would not miss this opportunity now.
