Aafia Siddiqui

LAHORE: Ms Fauzia Siddiqui, sister of the Pakistani-US neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui under illegal US captivity on charges of aiding al-Qaeda, told Lahore High Court Tuesday that her sister was not...  

NEW YORK, Nov 20 (APP): A federal judge Thursday rejected a defence lawyers’ plea that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui could not be tried in the United States as they pointed out that the Pakistani neuroscientist’s alleged crime took place outside the country, while she vowed to boycott her January trial. Ms. Siddiqui, 37, is languishing in a [...]  

The case of Aafia Siddiqui has brought with it a wave of emotion from all corners of the world. The detention of this woman, and allegedly her children, has evoked condemnation from politicians, lawyers and activists all over the world. In an environment where the abuses in the ‘War on Terror’ are becoming increasingly known, [...]  

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Babar Awan Friday informed the National Assembly that Government had demanded of the US to take immediate action for the release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.Responding to a point of order raised by PML-N MNA Memona Hashmi wherein she asked the government to inform the House about the latest position in the missing persons’ issue, the minister said that the matter of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui had...  

In the rush of events we almost missed this from the Associated Press: Al-Qaida suspect promises NY trial boycott By LARRY NEUMEISTER (AP) November 19, 2009 NEW YORK — A U.S.-trained scientist accused of shooting at FBI agents and helping al-Qaida vowed Thursday to boycott her January trial. Aafia Siddiqui interrupted lawyers at her pretrial hearing in U.S. [...]  

NEW YORK – While a defiant Aafia Siddiqui declared that she would boycott her trial in January, a federal judge Thursday rejected her lawyers’ plea that she could not be tried in the United States as they pointed out that the Pakistani neuroscientist’s alleged crime took place outside the country. Ms Siddiqui, who was brought [...]  

ISLAMABAD - After going through the sorry tale of Dr Aafia Siddiqui who was mysteriously handed over to Americans years ago, Chairman Standing Committee of Senate on Interior Senator Muhammad Talha Mehmood has summoned former interior minister Faisal Saleh Hayat and former secretary interior Syed Kamal Shah.“Mystery of Aafia, who is still in captivity of the self-styled champion of human rights, USA, stymied temperatures of many...  

LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) general secretary Shahid Siddiqui, who criticised the functioning of party chief Mayawati, was expelled from the party with immediate effect on Monday for “anti-party activities.” — PTI ...  

ISLAMABAD: The chairman of Senate’s standing committee for interior Senator Talha Mahmood said former President Pervez Musharraf and former interior minister could be quizzed over Dr. Aafia Siddiqui issue if needed. The standing committee meeting chaired by Senator Talha Mahmood held here. The officials of interior and foreign ministries briefed the meeting about measures taken for [...]  

Both Punke and Siddiqui are slated to play important roles in the long-running Doha round of world trade talks if confirmed by the Senate. Punke and Siddiqui told senators at their confirmation hearing that President Barack Obama's administration ...  

The Obama administration’s choice for chief agricultural negotiator at the stalled Doha talks has defended himself against accusations that he is a “pro-pesticide lobbyist” in a Senate Finance Committee hearing.  

But after the political change-over in India, the then Indian Prime minister Morarji Deshai handed over our 6,000 comrades to Ziaur Rahman," he said. "Otherwise, we could have installed our government in Bangladesh," he said. Siddiqui claimed that ...  

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An alliance of farming, health and environmental groups has protested against the government’s choice of a pesticide industry executive to represent US interests in agricultural trade talks.  

Stephen Harper is defying Parliament and centralizing power in the PMO on an unprecedented scale.