Counting Days: JI chief visits Dr Aafia’s family on Eid
The JI chief met the mother of the convict, Dr Asmat Siddiqui, and her sister, Dr Fauzia Siddiqui.
KARACHI:
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawar Hasan has asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to fulfill his promise for the repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistan within three months. He was visiting the residence of the Pakistani neuroscientist who is three years into her 86-year sentence in the United States on charges of carrying out assaults on the US marines. The JI chief met the mother of the convict, Dr Asmat Siddiqui, and her sister, Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, on the occasion of Eidul Azha.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 19th, 2013.
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawar Hasan has asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to fulfill his promise for the repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistan within three months. He was visiting the residence of the Pakistani neuroscientist who is three years into her 86-year sentence in the United States on charges of carrying out assaults on the US marines. The JI chief met the mother of the convict, Dr Asmat Siddiqui, and her sister, Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, on the occasion of Eidul Azha.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 19th, 2013.