{"id":61,"date":"2010-02-06T10:10:33","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T10:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=61"},"modified":"2010-02-06T10:10:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T10:10:33","slug":"aafia-siddiqui-verdict-angers-pakistanis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/02\/06\/61\/","title":{"rendered":"Aafia Siddiqui Verdict Angers Pakistanis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"aafia-siddiqui\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/aafia-siddiqui.jpg\" width=\"283\" height=\"210\" \/>KARACHI \u2013 News that an American court has found Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui guilty of trying to kill US servicemen in Afghanistan drew rebuke from her family and lawmakers.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We are not shocked by this judgment. What else could we expect from a US court,&#8221; Dr Fozia Siddiqui, an elder sister of Dr Aafia, told IslamOnline.net on Thursday, February 4.<br \/>&#8220;This verdict has exposed the US judicial system, which cannot provide justice to innocent people. This is a humiliation for American nation too.&#8221;<br \/>A US jury on Wednesday, February 3, Found Aafia guilty of grabbing a rifle at an Afghan police station where she was being interrogated in July 2008 and trying to gun down US servicemen.<br \/>She could face life in prison when sentenced on May 6.<br \/>&#8220;This is not a verdict. In fact, this is a slap on the face of the entire Muslim Ummah, especially Pakistan, which has been a close ally of the US in the so-called war on terror,&#8221; said an emotional Fozia.<br \/>She rejects the accusations leveled at her sister.<br \/>&#8220;This is a pack of lies. Everybody knows that she was kidnapped by the Pakistani intelligence agencies at the behest of General Pervez Musharraf,&#8221; insisted the sister.<br \/>&#8220;He later handed her over to Americans, who took her to Afghanistan, where she was detained and tortured for many months.&#8221;<br \/>A recent report submitted by an investigation officer appointed by the government following a high court order concluded Aafia was kidnapped by FBI agents while she was on her way to Karachi airport to leave for Islamabad in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faulting Government<\/strong><br \/> The Siddiqui family fired their salvos at their own government, accusing it of failing to defend its own citizens.<br \/>&#8220;This all has happened because of our government, which has let down the entire nation,&#8221; said Dr Fozia.<br \/>She suggested Pakistan should close down supplies to the NATO troops fighting in war-ravaged Afghanistan.<br \/>&#8220;If Pakistani government today stops supplies to the NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan, my sister would be with us within next three days.&#8221;<br \/>Fozia has been championing a campaign in collaboration with different political and religious parties for the release of her sister.<br \/>&#8220;We have not lost hope and will continue our efforts for her release, not only because she is our loved one, but because she is innocent.&#8221;<br \/>Senator Talah Mahmood, Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Home Affairs, and head of the parliamentary committee set up by the government for Aafia\u2019s release, was equally disappointed.<br \/>&#8220;It is a high time for the government to review its policies vis-\u00e0-vis the so-called war on terror,&#8221; he told IOL.<br \/>&#8220;It was an opportunity for the government to show self-respect. But it has let down the whole nation.&#8221;<br \/>Senator Talah belongs to the Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI), a partner in the ruling coalition government.<br \/>He led a delegation that visited Aafia three months ago in New York and reported back to the government that she was mentally and physically tortured.<br \/>&#8220;If the Pakistan government had really wanted, she would have been with us. But the government has lost this opportunity,&#8221; insisted Senator Talah.<br \/>&#8220;The time has come when, as a nation, we should think about what we have got in response to invaluable sacrifices in so-called war on terror.&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI \u2013 News that an American court has found Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui guilty of trying to kill US servicemen in Afghanistan drew rebuke from her family and lawmakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c59-islamic-world"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aafia Siddiqui Verdict Angers Pakistanis - 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