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Swapping of Aafia Siddiqui for Shakeel Afridi has been in the works for a while

September 21, 2019 11:34 am

Why should Pakistan ask for Siddiqui back? An MIT-trained Pakistani neuroscientist, she “was accused by the United Nations and the United States of being an al Qaeda member and named one of the seven most wanted al Qaeda figures by the FBI”, according to veteran Pakistani journalist Zahid Hussain in his book, The Scorpion’s Tail (2010).

Malala, despite Pakistan

October 14, 2014 12:37 am

The Nobel prize winner will find it difficult to return to the country she wants to serve

Pakistani woman embraced by Islamic State seeks to drop US legal appeal

September 18, 2014 10:58 am

IS in Syria, Algeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan have made Aafia Siddiqui's release a condition for freeing certain foreign hostages.

No proposal to swap Afridi for Aafia: ISI chief

September 02, 2012 12:57 am

Pakistan is not considering any proposal to swap a doctor arrested for running a vaccination campaign to trace Osama bin Laden for Aafia Siddiqui,convicted in the US for links to terrorism,ISI chief Lt Gen Zahir-ul-Islam has said

Anti-US protest in J-K against sexual abuse on Pak scientist

January 27, 2012 8:35 pm

Group says,"Charges against Aafia were fabricated...She has been sexually assaulted and is now pregnant."

Pakistan offered to trade Davis for Siddiqui: report

March 01, 2011 3:36 pm

The proposal was the latest in a series of efforts to break the impasse between the US and Pakistan over Davis.

Pak scientist gets 86 yrs in jail for trying to attack US soldiers

September 25, 2010 3:42 am

Aafia Siddiqui,a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of trying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan

Pakistani scientist found guilty of attempted murder

February 04, 2010 9:24 am

Pakistani neuroscientist,Aafia Siddiqui,has been found guilty of attempted murder by grabbing a soldier's gun and opening fire on American soldiers.

NY judge boots woman linked to al-Qaida

January 15, 2010 9:25 am

A Pakistani scientist prone to courtroom rants was at it again on the second day of jury selection at her attempted murder trial in New York.

Pak approaches FBI for access to Dr Aafia Siddiqui

June 15, 2009 12:33 pm

According to the Dawn,FIA Director General Tariq Khosa has also called for a probe against Siddiquis ex-husband,Mohammad Amjad Khan 'to get vital information'.