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Dr. Aafia Siddiqui (Urdu: عافيہ صديقی) (born March 2, 1972) is an MIT and Brandeis alumna, originally from Karachi, Pakistan. She disappeared in 2003, with alternate theories suggesting she went underground to aid militant groups, and others suggesting she was kidnapped by American authorities for interrogation. She was the first, and to date only, female listed among the "Most Wanted" list for relation to terrorism. In 2008, she was formally declared "captured" by the United States, but allegedly shot at soldiers guarding her in custody; she is currently on trial in New York for the attempted murder of her captors. Early life & education Aafia Siddiqui was on of three siblings born and raised in Karachi, Pakistan. Her father, Muhammad Siddiqui, was a doctor trained in England and her mother, Ismet, was a homemaker. Her brother went on to become an architect and now lives with her wife, a pediatrician, in Houston, Texas. Her sister, Fowzia Siddiqui, is a...

CNews NEW YORK: Prosecutor of Dr. Afia Siddiqui case David Raskin said Wednesday that there was "not a shred of evidence" that Siddiqui had been in the hands of US or allied forces in Pakistan or Afghanistan prior to her arrest."I can say to the court we have found zero evidence that Ms Siddiqui was abducted, tortured -- any of the things we hear repeated."Raskin said that Siddiqui's unexplained disappearance during that period more logically suggested that she was an Al-Qaeda agent who "went underground."The defense says Siddiqui is an innocent victim of a dirty war run by US and allied agents and was secretly incarcerated for five years prior to the alleged incident in July.Judge Richard Berman told the federal court in New York that Aafia Siddiqui, a US-educated neuroscientist extradited in August from Afghanistan, is "not currently competent to proceed."Judging from an initial medical report, "the course of treatment should continue,...

CNews ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesman Mohammed Sadiq said Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who is detained in US jail for terror charges, would be brought back to Pakistan along with her children.Addressing media, he said Pakistan has formally contacted US authorities for the repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, adding the human rights organizations and women rights organizations would also be contacted in this regard.Pakistani diplomats in this connection, have formally submitted an application to US authorities to hand over Dr Aafia. The Pakistani embassy in Washington conveyed the demand to the State Department, saying if the children of the 36-year old Pakistani scientist are in the US custody, they be handed over immediately for their return to homeland.The embassy once again urged the US authorities to ensure that Ms Siddiqui does not have to go through any humiliation or degradation under the pretext of body searches before and after visits by her attorneys.It also raised the issue of avail...

CNews WASHINGTON: Pakistan has officially demanded U.S that Pakistani detainee Dr. Aafia Siddiqui be provided under Pakistan’s custody here on late Tuesday, sources said.Pakistan ambassador to United States Hussain Haqqani has forwarded a letter to U.S State Department demanding sue motto custody of Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistan, it added.Letter reveals Pakistan’s demand to U.S to immediately entrust Dr. Aafia and her three children to Pakistan custody. Pakistan embassy sources said.Dr. Aafia Siddiqui matter has been politicized in Pakistan and the people want her immediate release, it further added.

CNews NEW YORK: Pakistani detainee, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, the wounded Pakistani neuroscientist, was on Tuesday examined by a medical doctor at the Metropolitan Detention Centre where she is being held since August 4, according to informed sources. The order for providing a doctor to examine Ms. Siddiqui within 24 hours was given by a U.S. judge at her bail hearing in the Federal District Court in New York on Monday.Judge Henry Pitman was reacting to her defence lawyers pleas for immediate medical attention for their client, who is suffering from gunshot wounds she sustained on July 18 during, what the prosecution claims, was an encounter with FBI agents and U.S. troops.They pointed out that she has not seen a doctor since arriving here a week ago and said that her health is worsening since she sustained bullet wounds July 18 during what the prosecution claims was an encounter with FBI agents and U.S. troops. The lawyers also listed other potential health problems including brain damage a...

CNews NEW YORK: Pakistani woman under US custody, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s bail petition will come up for hearing in the US Federal Court today.Dr. Aafia Siddqui will be presented in the New York Federal Court at 2.30 P.M. local time today. Prior to this, the Attorney of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui will address a press conference besides the US Human Rights Organizations have announced staging demonstrations on this occasion. Recently, two officials of Pakistan embassy had met Dr. Aafia Siddiqui at Brooklane detention centre. Embassy sources told that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s meeting with her family members also would be arranged today, when she would be presented in the court.