Tag: Dr Aafia Siddiqui

Petitioner moves court against PM’s Aafia-Afridi swap statement

--Premier Imran had earlier said Pakistan would initiate proceedings to swap Dr Shakil Afridi for Dr Aafia Siddiqui A petitioner on Tuesday moved the Peshawar...

Aafia wants to return home, sister claims

KARACHI: Aafia Movement Pakistan leader Dr Fowzia Siddiqui has said that her sister, Dr Aafia Siddiqui, wants to return home and a recent statement of...

Qureshi vows all-out diplomatic efforts to bring back Aafia

MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government will make all-out efforts at the diplomatic level to bring Dr...

US promises to review imprisonment of Dr Aafia Siddiqui: FO

The United States has promised to look into a request made by Islamabad to review Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s imprisonment in view of respecting her human...

‘You’re among my biggest heroes’, Dr Aafia conveys special message to...

--Seeks prime minister's help for her release, warns Khan of 'hypocrites' around him Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist, who is serving her 86-year sentence...

British campaigners hopeful Pakistan will exchange Shakil Afridi for Aafia Siddiqui

For two Pakistani doctors languishing in jails thousands of miles apart, there was more at stake than the promise made by Imran Khan to...

Petition seeking Dr Aafia’s repatriation rejected by SC

ISLAMABAD: A petition demanding repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui was rejected by the Supreme Court on Monday, a local media outlet reported. Dr Aafia's sister...

FO contacts US State Dept over alleged mistreatment of Dr Aafia...

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) has contacted the US State Department over alleged mistreatment of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist imprisoned in a...

Aafia Siddiqui claims she’s being physically and sexually abused in US...

Dr Aafia Siddiqui has claimed that she has been subjected to physical and sexual abuse during her ongoing detention in the US. The claim was...

SC seeks facts over reports of Aafia Siddiqui’s death

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday ordered the Pakistani government to get in touch with United States (US) authorities to seek details of recent reports...

Dr Aafia’s family ‘rejects’ rumours of her death

LAHORE: Amid speculations of Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s death on the social media, her sister and Aafia Movement Pakistan founder Dr Fauzia Siddiqui on Sunday...

Pakistan reportedly refuses to exchange Shakil Afridi for Aafia Siddiqui

Pakistan has refused to exchange Dr Shakil Afridi, who helped catch al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden, for Pakistani scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui who...