Pakistan Consul General in Texas visits Dr Aafia
Pakistan Embassy in Washington coordinating for consular access to Dr Aafia.
WASHINGTON:
Pakistan’s Consul General in Houston visited Dr Aafia Siddiqui at the Carswell detention facility in Texas, on Friday.
Consul General Aqil Nadeem was visiting Siddiqui on the instructions of Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani.
In the meeting, which lasted for two hours, Siddiqui informed the consul general that she was in good health and was pleased to have spoken with her mother and children over the phone.
Embassy officials said that Siddiqui will also be meeting her brother after she requested it. The consul general informed Siddiqui that the Pakistan embassy in Washington had coordinated for consular access for her through the concerned authorities.
She asked Nadeem to convey her thanks to Ambassador Haqqani for his concern for her welfare, the official said.
Siddiqui was sentenced on seven counts in a federal court in Manhattan on September 23, 2010, and is serving an 86-year sentence.
Pakistan’s Consul General in Houston visited Dr Aafia Siddiqui at the Carswell detention facility in Texas, on Friday.
Consul General Aqil Nadeem was visiting Siddiqui on the instructions of Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani.
In the meeting, which lasted for two hours, Siddiqui informed the consul general that she was in good health and was pleased to have spoken with her mother and children over the phone.
Embassy officials said that Siddiqui will also be meeting her brother after she requested it. The consul general informed Siddiqui that the Pakistan embassy in Washington had coordinated for consular access for her through the concerned authorities.
She asked Nadeem to convey her thanks to Ambassador Haqqani for his concern for her welfare, the official said.
Siddiqui was sentenced on seven counts in a federal court in Manhattan on September 23, 2010, and is serving an 86-year sentence.