Missing Pakistani - Dr. Afia Siddiqui - Prisoner 650
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Dr. Afia Siddiqui left her mother’s house in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Sindh province, along with her three children, in a Metro-cab on March 30, 2003 to catch a flight for Rawalpindi, Punjab province, but never reached the airport. The press reports claimed that Dr. Afia had been picked-up by Pakistani intelligence agencies while on her way to the airport and initial reports suggested that she was handed over to the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). At the time of her arrest she was 30 years and the mother of three sons the oldest of which was four and the youngest only one month.
A few days later an American news channel, NBC, reported that Afia had been arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of facilitating money transfers for terror networks of Osama Bin Laden. The mother of the victim, Mrs. Ismat (who has since passed away) termed the NBC report absurd. She went on to say that Dr. Afia is a neurological scientist and has been living with her husband, Amjad, in the USA for several years.
On April 1, 2003, a small news item was published in an Urdu daily with reference to a press conference of the then Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat. When questioned with regard to Dr. Afia’s arrest he denied that she had been arrested. This was followed by another Urdu daily article on April 2 regarding another press conference in which the same minister said Dr. Afia was connected to Al Qaeda and that she had not been arrested as she was absconding. He added: “You will be astonished to know about the activities of Dr. Afia” A Monthly English magazine of Karachi in a special coverage on Dr. Afia reported that one week after her disappearance, a plain clothed intelligence went to her mother’s house and warned her, “We know that you are connected to higher-ups but do not make an issue out of your daughter’s disappearance.” According to the report the mother was threatened her with ‘dire consequences’ if she made a fuss.
Whilst Dr. Afia’s whereabouts remain unknown, there are reports of a woman called ‘Prisoner 650′ is being detained in Afghanistan’s Bagram prison and that she has been tortured to the point where she has lost her mind. Britain’s Lord Nazeer Ahmed, (of the House of Lords), asked questions in the House about the condition of Prisoner 650 who, according to him is physically tortured and continuously raped by the officers at prison. Lord Nazeer has also submitted that Prisoner 650 has no separate toilet facilities and has to attend to her bathing and movements in full view of the other prisoners.
Also, on July 6, 2008 a British journalist, Yvonne Ridley, called for help for a Pakistani woman she believes has been held in isolation by the Americans in their Bagram detention centre in Afghanistan, for over four years. “I call her the ‘grey lady’ because she is almost a ghost, a spectre whose cries and screams continues to haunt those who heard her,” Ms Ridley said at a press conference.
Ms Ridley, who went to Pakistan to appeal for help, said the case came to her attention when she read the book, The Enemy Combatant, by a former Guantanamo detainee, Moazzam Begg. After being seized in February 2002 in Islamabad, Mr Begg was held in detention centres in Kandahar and Bagram for about a year before he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay. He recounted his experiences in the book after his release in 2005. Mr. Imran Khan, leader of Justice Party (T.I) suspects that prisoner 650 is the Dr. Afia Siddiqui and USA and Pakistani authorities are hiding facts of ‘Prisoner 650′.
To date, neither the American nor the Pakistani government have come out about the arrest and detention of Dr. Afia in either Bagram or Guantanamo Bay where suspected terrorists are held. On December 30, 2003 Dr. Fawzia Siddiqui, Dr. Afia’s elder sister met with Mr Faisal Saleh Hayat at Islamabad with Mr Ejazul Haq, MNA, regarding the whereabouts of Dr. Afiai. Mr Faisal told Dr. Fawzia and Mr Ejazul Haq that according to his information Dr. Afia Siddiqui had already been released and that she (Dr. Fawzia) should go home and wait for a phone call from her sister.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Dr. Afia Siddiqui, who studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, for about 10 years and did her PhD in genetics, returned to Pakistan in 2002. Having failed to get a suitable job, she again visited the US on a valid visa in February 2003 to search for a job and to submit an application to the US immigration authorities. She moved there freely and came back to Karachi by the end of February 2003 after renting a post office box in her name in Maryland for the receipt of her mail. It has been claimed by the FBI (Newsweek International, June 23, 2003, issue) that the box was hired for one Mr Majid Khan, an alleged member of Al Qaeda residing in Baltimore.
Throughout March 2003 flashes of the particulars of Dr. Afia were telecast with her photo on American TV channels and radios painting her as a dangerous Al Qaeda person needed by the FBI for interrogation. On learning of the FBI campaign against her she went underground in Karachi and remained so till her kidnapping. The June 23, 2003, issue of Newsweek International was exclusively devoted to Al Qaeda. The core of the issue was an article “Al Qaeda’s Network in America”. The article has three photographs of so-called Al Qaeda members - Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, Dr. Afia Siddiqui and Ali S. Al Marri of Qatar who has studied in the US like Dr. Siddiqui and had long since returned to his homeland. In this article, which has been authored by eight journalists who had access to FBI records, the only charge leveled against Dr. Afia is that “she rented a post-office box to help a former resident of Baltimore named Majid Khan (alleged Al Qaeda suspect) to help establish his US identity.
NewsLine while doing a story in 2003 - Mysterious Cover-up Mazhar Abbass reports that
Surprisingly there has been no official report registered with the police about Afia’s disappearance which explains why Afia’s mother wanted to avoid going public. The police, meanwhile, is doing nothing to trace Afia. “We have no knowledge about this case nor has anyone contacted me,” said Sindh police chief, Syed Kamal Shah. Ismat Siddiqui, however, claims that she has spoken to high police officials, including Shah, about her daughter’s disappearance. A week after the incident, Mrs. Siddiqui alleges that an intelligence agency official came to her house and warned her not to make an issue out of her daughter’s disappearance and threatened her with dire consequences.
Daily Times gives a detailed account of her mysterious disappearance in 2004 - The strange story of Aafia Siddiqui
Months later, the FBI would make its most devastating claim against Siddiqui. It was still dark on the morning of March 1, 2003, when Pakistani authorities arrested Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a known September 11 mastermind, at a Karachi safe house. The arrest made news around the world. It also presaged the extraordinary vanishing act of AafiaSiddiqui and her three small children.” It seems Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave up Aafia’s name as being a major Al Qaeda operative.” However, one of her defenders saysSiddiqui ’s identity was likely stolen. “Aafia was, I think, probably a pretty naive and trusting person and my guess is it would be pretty easy for somebody who wanted to steal an identity to just steal it.” About a month after his capture in the spring of 2003, she disappeared.
The question is where is Afia and why are police and intelligence agencies silent? Is she in the custody of the FBI or the ISI? Another possibility is that Afia might have been kidnapped by her ex-husband, who may have links with Al-Qaeda. Whatever the case, there seems to be a deliberate attempt to hush up the mysterious circumstances behind Afia Siddiqui’s disappearance
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Comments
Khawaja Nouman Rasheed I m feeling regret,guilty and shame to be Pakistani. Israhil may be in the state of war for 36 days just for the sake of two dead bodies of soldiers. Even they freed 5 most wanted crimnals of HizBullah for those dead bodies. Just to let Israiliz know that how much their lives are worthy. But our lives dont have any worth????????????
Kaleem Bukhari I have no words,Dr. Shahid masood said sorry to Dr. Abdul qadee. But pakistani nation can never find the words to say sorry to Dr. Afia. Where r the champion of human rights.where is Drama baz Berni? I feel that only americans have human rights, no body is human beings.we r just less than animals. Dr. Afia ! This pakistani has died after imagining about your condition..sorry is a very small word, i have no words. .
amad i really dont know what is this but iam sure one day people who are responsible will be asked by the nature and I wish some thing same should happen with those who are responsible for it particularly those pakistanis I pray to Almighty Allah to save this lady and help her no one is greater than Allah , we all should de pray for those who are responsible and hope same should happen with them
shair This is one daughter of Pakistan.
Where are those CHAMPIONS OF WOMEN RIGHTS? I guess they wouldn’t cry as they might loose the FREE MONEY they get.
May Allah curse the officials and the beneficiaries who sold this daughter of Pakistan, AMEEEN.
Ashher I feel ashamed to be a Pakistani. An amercial senator once said that “Pakistani’s will sell thier mothers for U$20000″.We are seeing the proof of it. Shame on Mushharraf , shame on every one who were involved in selling this daughter of Pakistan to US. Pakistani govemerents are bunch of corrupt, gutless, gnasters, merderes, who have no regard for Paksitan and we as Pakisani people deserve them to be our leaders, because we are like them corrupt, lifelles people. Recent examlple “Hussain Haqaness (Pak Amnsaddorr) to US got angry when reporters asked him about the bombing of US in Pakistans territory
Asad Hussain this is a great painful and shamful act towards humanity .I urge pakistani and American Officials to take urgent measures to realease Dr.Afia Siddiqui from this terribble Life .
anam i am very very disturbed to hear abt dr afia,really but i can only pray for her…..but we should do something,
noman we feel guilty n sorrrow that we do nothing for her,nw the question is who is No.1 Terrorist of the world?
Nadeem Ashraf I totally agree with Mr. Ashher that “Shame on Musharraf , shame on every one who were involved in selling this daughter of Pakistan to US. Pakistani governments are bunch of corrupt, gutless, gangsters, murderers, who have no regard for Pakistan” I further add they have no regard for Pakistani citizens. Our lives, our dignity our soul nothing is save from their hands. I really feel ashamed to be a Pakistani. I feel all this should happen to the daughters and mothers of all accused.Dr. Afia we are really ashamed and with broken heart our eyes filled with tears we say “SORRY” which is really a very very small word to describe this tragedy. GOD help you. ALLAH IS GREAT.
Altaf Where is the USA law for human right? Where is the human right activist of USA and Europe specially UK? If the same this is done with your own citizen specially a young girl, so what is the your thinking about that person or agency? If the same thing is done with our Prime minister and President of Pakistan Janab Retd. General Pervaiz Musharraf, what will do Pakistani Government, I think nothing they will create a committee for investigation…. and then no result, because they already got the US Dollers against this…. What u say… this is routine work and we are allied in war against terrorist….
Altaf Why USA killing innocent people against Dollers…? He has fear of death… but remember everyone will be die… If you live with love everyone will love you, if you live with killing innocent person, so everything of the world will try to kill you… Dear and respected Dr. Afia, we as a helpless muslim brother feeling great and great shame on us and our Pak Army, God will help you….
khurshid malik anofother reason for restoration of dismissed judges in pakistan by dictator gen.retd. mushraf .if there is rule of law in that unfortunate land things can turn out lot better in this war against terrorism when people will feel that trrorism is not being used to fight terrorism.
Usman Malik … cant formulate what to write …?
I am browsing through all types of angry/crazy/frustrated thoughts in my mind.
Where is Miss One(President Musharaf’s wife) … I think she only have time to inaugurated clubs/bars but she might not have time to take a stand on this matter.
I really feel sorry that I can do nothing particle to help you elder sis (Dr. Afia) … I feel helpless .. May Allah protect us all (Aamen) and may Allah help her(Dr. Afia) out in this difficult time.
Zaheer Babar Ther is another big court called Allah court and Perviaz has to face there with not only this issue but more then that, I think he don’t beleave GOD.
Faiq Shaikh Our Leaders are Truly a Dalal…sorry i have no other word to describe them.how inhuman we pakistanis are,forget abt what charges in which she was captured for last 5 year?is this is a way to treat any lady..r we totally inhuman only for 1 bloddy filthy army dictator …any mother shoudl be ashamed to have Son like lanti Mushy Kutta harami …listen Musharaf u will be remembered as worst human being in history of humankind …ur sons will be Suffering same like Dr Afia (Ameen)
Zain What should i say….guys u people have said absolutely right that the word sorry is nothing in front of such inhumane matter…While reading all above story there are tears in my eyes right now…Im feeling shameful to be a PAKISTANI…and i pray, instead i appeal almighty ALLAH to take a step against those Pakistani officials who are responsible for selling this daughter in hands of those kuffars…I solute you my poor sister, I solute your courage, and i pray ALLAH that he may help you out of this difficulty..listen Mr jinab GEN RETD.PARVEZ MUSHARRAF SAHIB dont forget that u have to answer ALLAH one day about AFIA and dont now how much such other AFIA’S who are being handed over to those animals for sake of little money to warm your pockets…shame on you.don’t forget that ALLAH is great and he is having a bird’s eye view on all your activities like this one and you will pay for it one day…THE JUDGMENT DAY, WILL BE THE DAY OF AFIA NO DOUBT…guys Hujjaj bin Yousaf is known by us as a bad person in Muslim history…but when one Muslim women cried for help from sindh he sent Mohammad bin Qasim to help her…now just think for a second that how much worst we are..even worst than hujjaj bin yousaf…we are the cunts who sell our Muslim women for the sake of dollars…shame on us….WE ALL HAVE TO ANSWER ALLAH ABOUT AFIA…plzzzz put our hands together to bring our sister back home…INSHALLAH
Adnan I can’t describe how ashamed I am for being a Pakistani. I really wish that I had been born in another country. I can only pray for Dr.Aafia. When American senator said that Pakistanis can sell their mothers for some dollars, I was extremely angry but now thinking of it, how true he said.
Silence I wish I can see the faces of these brave ISI commondo’s who arrested her and handedover to Americans without a court order or a criminal charge, how these cowards in uniforms look and how much “ghariat” is reflected from their faces!
Long live Pakistan army, long live brave soliders and long live Generals! Who sell their daughters for $$$!
Is Pakistan army a defence force or enemy force we are feeding with taxpayers money and compromising our health, education and everything else?
Arshad dear brothers,
This is a shame for Musharraf and ISI that they sold out a Pakistani daughter for a few dollars?
But I would appeal to the daughters of this country to please dont attend scools and colleges anyore, because tommorrow you can fae such circumstances.
shame shame shame shame shame …. beghairat pak army beghairat
root Its shameful act by our Army. Nations feed and build their army and agencies to defend their country and nation, but we are feeding our army which is afraid of its own county men. We the nation of dead, nothing can wake us from silent shameful death.
BayGhairat koom kay bayGhairat Hokomran.
What good we can expect from them. When we sold Eamal Kansi, the buyers said “ Pakistanis sell their mothers just for a few $$$”, Shameful and disgraceful. The coward, man who is ruling us said himself in his book that he sold our brothers and sons for $$$.
I don’t know what for the nation is waiting……
Oh GOD we need a True Leader. Help US……………..
ITS-TIME ITS TIME………………..
Allah-o-Akhbar!Allah-o-Akhbar!
Allah ki rehmat ka saya, tuheed ka parcham lehraya
Ay mard-e-mujahid jaag zara abh waqat shahadat hai aya
Allah-o-Akhbar!Allah-o-Akhbar!
jaan rakh ke hatheli pe ana, hai zulm sey tuj ko takrana
emaan ka hai rakhwala tu, Islam ka hai matwala tu
emaan hai tera sarmaya
Ay mard-e-mujahid jaag zara abh waqat shahadat hai aya
Allah-o-Akhbar!Allah-o-Akhbar!
hath mein abh talwar utha, sar pe kafan maindan mein a
tableeg teri, taqder teri
sab duna hai jageer teri
tareek ney yeh hai batlya..
Ay mard-e-mujahid jaag zara abh waqat shahadat hai aya
Allah-o-Akhbar!Allah-o-Akhbar!
batil ki nazar lalchai hai, insan pe tang kudai hai
har kufar ney dekh pukara hai, islam ko phir lalkara hai, taqdeer ney yeh din dekhlaya
Ay mard-e-mujahid jaag zara abh waqat shahadat hai aya
Allah-o-Akhbar!Allah-o-Akhbar!
jaan jati hai be-shaq jaey,parcham na tera jukney paey.
gazi ko maut sey kia daar hai, jaatey jahan sey akbar hai
quran mein hai yeh farmaya
Ay mard-e-mujahid jaag zara abh waqat shahadat hai aya
Allah-o-Akhbar!Allah-o-Akhbar!
mehboob-e-kuda key parwaney
chorahat jaad key afsaaney
pegam-e-aqoowat dena hai
yeh kamam tujhi sey lena hai
phir kufar mukabil hai aya
Ay mard-e-mujahid jaag zara abh waqat shahadat hai aya
Allah-o-Akhbar!Allah-o-Akhbar!
Allah ki rehmat ka saya, tuheed ka parcham lehraya
Ay mard-e-mujahid jaag zara abh waqat shahadat hai aya
Allah-o-Akhbar!Allah-o-Akhbar!
Muddassar Mahboob Mr President, Prime Minister and all others who are or who were involved in this case , are not pakistani by heart. how they will face Almighty Allah on Day of Decision ???
we want our daughter back…….. we want a strong Pakistan….. Strong Pakistani…
hafeez usmani Shame on musharraf and his brothers in and out of uniform.
They should be in some red light area as DALLAL as they the potential to sell their mothers,sister and daughters just for a few dollars.I pray to ALLAH that those who were involved in this from A to Z( army,intelligence,ploiticians etc. ) should have the same act done to their daughters.
Where are all the human right activist of Pakistan.
Ansar Burni you have good experience in getting prisoners out of jails where are you, maybe you will not get much free money for this case so its better to shutup.
Asma Jhangir what happened to you she is still a human if she is not a lawer.
Hamid Mir,Nusrat Javid, Mushtaq Minhas,Talat Mehmood, Kashif Abbasi whats wrong with you.Why cant you talk about this lady (prisoner 650 ) in you programmes.
Our families will not be safe if the culprits are not punished.
adnan hashmat Shame on us!
just for the sake of few dollars we are doing this???
shame on u Musharraf!!!
An Ashamed Pakistani I am shocked and deeply moved after coming to know about Dr. Afia Siddiqui, what a talent she was..she had done her Phd. in neurology from USA.. what was her crime and what proof the dmaned Americans have against her..even if they had some proof under which law they have abducted her along her kids, and in which court she was produced and tried, at this moment I am ashemd to call myself a Pakistani.. really! Why all this rhetoric about Jashn - e - Azadi my foot..what kind of azadi is this when our honour is ragged is such a manner by our decision makers.. Pakistan will be not a truely sovereign country till the time Our Army, Politicians, Bureaucracy, and society as a whole are not flushed with such elements who have sold our country for their vested insterests.. I pray and hope that they all go in the deepest ditch of hell and remain their till all time to come, may this world me made a living hell for all of those who had a part to play in the plight of our country so called Islamic Republic of Pakistan..
MALIK AMAN well i wouldn’t agree more with u guys on dr afia case but i am amazed to see that we r still blaming mush hasn’t the gov change ?why r we not stressing on the new gov speically zardi and his team to do something abt this thingi and if no politcal gov chosen by the people can free her than wasn’t a dictorship better ?
Well i only think no one in this country has the wil nor the power to free her u know why because majority of us give a shit abt what happens to others
FES “Everyone is innocent untill proven guilty”, but when it comes to Pakistan then it becomes everyone is guilty untill proven innocent ….. Shame on you.
Akhtar Rasool The light islam is a big deceive by the non-belivers and they can never be friend of Muslims.
It is really a time for shame for all of us and it is all because of our selfishness but dont forget if we will not try to stop such tradegies the time will not forgive us and it can happen with anyone related to our owns.
May Allah put us on the right path.
Rashid Abdullah ” we must attention to every muslim for huge list of missing persons.
Don’t compromise and handed over orthodox muslims to non-,muslims countries for the sake of “$$$”.
May Allah bless him.
masood khan this is the worst i ever read in my life…and i feel myself responsible for tht …it is our mistake this is our negligence as a nation and these mother fuker rules us like … beast Musharaf, in the begining i was in favour of him i was in love with him tht he is a gentle man and man of principle .. but he is a hijra i want to use worst word for him Swear by Allah but he is a peace of shit nothing else… i pray Allah help tht lady and give same situation to Musharaf daughters. i hate tht basterd and all these politicians are serious ass holes.
Zeeshan Zahoor Please immediately release her and her family. and stop violence using the name of war against terrorism.
Nayyar Saifi This is our weakness,we Muslims are weak. Where is Women’s Right Champions like Zardari , Altaf Hussain? A bastard is sitting on our head who sold our daughter to Americans. May Allah Curse all those officials, angency people and Musharraf for doing this sinful act.
Mehrbano Firstly, we should not be ashamed to be PAKISTANIS’ because Pakistan as our home land has nothing to do with the actions of PEOPLE living in it. Just like we are not responsible in being born rich or poor. Some acts of God are merely meant to be accepted. So nothing to be ashamed off.
Secondly, with all the facts and figures shown above … i would ask where are the other family photographs of the Doctor and her family. As claimed i the story that she lived with her husband in US for several years … yet no statement of his has been provided … may i ask “why?”
Thirdly, if she has done what she has done … and provided what she has done is righteous … just like many of our freedom fighters did; during the war for freedom. You have made me proud to be a MUSLIM & a PAKISTANI. I also believe Allah All Mighty knows the best; and if she did the right thing … HE shall not let her and her children be harmed by anyone.
Terrorists? This word is being very happy being used so much .. because it was merely a word in the dictionaries. But now everyone seems to be a terrorist. It’s just like the hype of the ozone layer was created [which is there]. Just like the global warming is an issue. These are still issues; but terrorists are the bullies and the bullies are the american policy dwellers. They have taken their country from where to where and have set the MUSLIMS to remain in these pity issues.
Wake up MUSLIMS … the civilization of INVENTORS, MATHEMATICIANS and great SCHOLARS; wake up before it’s to late!
But free the prisoner 650 after her proper hearing. And to enlighten people there are many women in jails as well. Who will talk and help them? National agenda are as important as these International issues.
May Allah guide us well. Ameen!
AshamedPakistani I am deeply disturbed by the story of Dr. Afia. considering her talent and achievements i have no doubt that she was national asset and see what our leaders have done to her. I think we as a nation is responsibe for the disgraceful act.Till the time we dont improve our selves as a nation pigs will keep ruling us. Leaders are the reflection of nation’s character. Time has come for the nation to rise and bring the house in order. no mericle will happen if we keep waiting, the pigs will continue to rule us. May Allah relieve our sister from the wrath and distress she is facing and as a nation give us some shame ,courage, and strength to bring our house in our and get rid of pigs
Rashid Ali I am sure we belong to a dead nation. Nothing to be proud of and nothing to defendi.e I mean honour and self respect. Life will go on in this country of so called Muslims…Shame on you Pakistanis
Bilal MAZHAR I just want to say that if Dr.afia was the daughter of Musharaf than what would be thinking of musharaf shahib, 2ndly H.E Mr.Fasil Sakeh hayaat, oo sorry MAKHDOOM FAISAL SALEH HAYYAT and MR EJAZ UL HAQ both Well known thekeydar of america or in other words Tatoo of America shuld be hanged till death .. This is totally unfair job, M shamed to be pakistani . I like to cancel my pakistani nationality becoz of these type of stupid peoples. … HAM say behter INDIANs hain ju apnay defence karna jantay hain, SHAME for yousaf raza gillani and shame for all of uSS. God Help Dr.aafia , She is janati women. PLZ DUA for her … Bilal
azzee k Iam feel nothing really nothing.why? because i totally lost my mind now after reading this…but i hav some question for every muslim specialy from pakistan including me.
1) what will we do for this matter?
2)who come to save us?
3)is there any who…if yes then when he will come…?
4)why blamming only Musharaf? he is not the only one.(mukhtara mai) case..remember..who done this ….we the nation do this….right!!!
now just imagine if u go home and found ur sister missing only for few hours just imagine once..now feel how terrible u feel,how rediculous u think,how bad u expect???
but y we feel??we dont do this.we dont rap any women,we dont kill anyone….but
we r the responsible to create the environment of crime.
how brave this leaders who done this and still rule us.and how coward we r to live like this…
if any one hav answer plz tell me other wise live like this as we were….dont blame anyone because may be in past our parents particepte to make our nation like this and in future we r helpful to create nice land for sins….
because we r not muslims we r so called muslims….we r just nothing but worshipers of these Europeons,Amwericans,indians…..our role model is not Hazrat Muhammad (p.b.u.h) but yes ofcourse tom cruise,shahrukh khan,ronaldo…
Islam is the best relion…
muslims like us,are the worst followers.
Allah Hafiz
ya Allah Maddad ferma….Ameen
arif It is bad news for me.
Being a Pakistani i think that we are not free.
and we just pray for Dr. Aafia
May she release for the wilder.
I know no one help her because
she is Muslim, Pakistani and Innocent
Zia Khan I have no words to answer these facts. Gen. Mushraf is the black spot on the face of Pakistan History and army and due to this ” Khabes” pakistan army are still under threats, plz i request to sueside bombers plz plz hit this ” Khabes” to make us thankful to him.
Azeem Today’s (4th Aug. 2008) DAWN from Karachi.
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WASHINGTON, Aug 3: Five years after her mysterious disappearance in Karachi, the FBI has finally conceded that an MIT-trained Pakistani neuroscientist is alive and is in US custody in Afghanistan.
Aafia Siddiqui, 36, disappeared with her three children while visiting her parents’ home in Karachi in March 2003, around the same time the FBI announced that it wanted to question her over her alleged links to Al Qaeda.
Her family’s lawyer Elaine Whitfield Sharp said she believed recent media reports about Mrs Siddiqui’s incarceration increased pressure on the US and Pakistani authorities to divulge more information.
“I don’t believe that they just found Aafia,” she said. “I believe that she was there all along.”
The fate of her three young, American-born children is still unknown.
Before her disappearance, Mrs Siddiqui lived in a Boston suburb of Roxbury and studied at Brandeis University as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In a 2006 report, Amnesty International listed Mrs Siddiqui as among a number of “disappeared” suspects in the war on terrorism. On July 6, 2007, AI listed Mrs Siddiqui as a possible CIA “secret detainee”, although she was still on the FBI’s Seeking Information - Terrorism list. Late last week, Mrs Siddiqui’s photo still appeared on the FBI’s list of people wanted for questioning.
Since no charges were ever filed against her, human rights groups treated her case as that of “extrajudicial detention”, although no government ever claimed detaining her.
Even the FBI does not mention any charges in the notice seeking information about her. “Although the FBI has no information indicating this individual is connected to specific terrorist activities, the FBI would like to locate and question this individual,” says the notice.
The “gray lady of Bagram”: On July 7, a British journalist Yvonne Ridley told a news conference in Islamabad that a Pakistani woman had been held in solitary confinement for years at the Bagram US base near Kabul. The identity of this prisoner remains unconfirmed. She has been nicknamed the “gray lady of Bagram”. Ms Ridley, however, speculated that she was Aafia Siddiqui.
Moazzam Begg and several other former captives also have reported that a female prisoner, prisoner 650, was held in Bagram. The former captives claim that she has lost her sanity and cries all the time.
Although it is still not clear if the “gray lady of Bagram” is Aafia Siddiqui, her family’s attorney told reporters on Friday that the FBI had finally conceded that Mrs Siddiqui is in US custody.
“It has been confirmed by the FBI that Aafia Siddiqui is alive,” said Ms Sharp, who said she spoke to an FBI official on Thursday.
“She is injured but alive, and she is in Afghanistan.”
For five years, US and Pakistani authorities denied knowing her whereabouts. But human rights groups and Mrs Siddiqui’s relatives had long suspected that she had been captured in Karachi and secretly taken into custody.
On Thursday, an FBI official visited Mrs Siddiqui’s brother in Houston to deliver the news that she was alive and in custody, Ms Sharp said.
FBI officials, however, would not say who was holding her or reveal the fate of her children.
“If she’s in US custody, they want to know where she is,” Ms Sharp said. “Who has got her? And does she need medical care?”
The FBI and the Justice Department declined to comment.
US military documents declassified in recent years suggest that Mrs Siddiqui is suspected of having ties to several key terrorism suspects being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.
She is believed to have links to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and allegedly arranged travel documents for another suspected terrorist.
Papers in Guantanamo Bay also indicate that she married Ali Abd Al Aziz Ali, an alleged Al Qaeda facilitator who intended to blow up petrol stations or poison water reservoirs in the United States.
The three men were among 14 high-value suspects brought to Guantanamo Bay in 2006 after years of secret detention in CIA prisons in Eastern Europe.
Shahamat Sultan Many of us are abusing whoever they think were responsible. Many say they are ashamed to be Pakistanis. But I am ashamed to be a human. This is an act of horror by those who are in a position of authority against the masses. and beleive me or not the case is the same all around the world. Its time that people at large demanded transpiracy in whatever the govts do. All these wars and conflicts are just means of exploiting tax payers money. These terms of national security and secracy are only a veil to cover the abuse of power and injustice. Agencies are the secret societies of our time which are working against the people who feed them.
I dont have words to explain what I feel. But I know that just feeling bad can not help anybody. We have to stand up for ourselves and demand justice from the rulers. We need to be united and ready to be punished for what we have done wrong. We need to come out of our houses.
mubashira feeling extremely sorry for dr afia siddiqi,shame on musharraf,shame on army and shame on every one who is involved in this act,i think they are assuming that there is no ALLAH and no justice,they don’t realize what they are doing for the sake of just few dollars,have they forgotten that there is a judgement day,which would surely be the day of dr afia siddiqi!all which i can do is to pray for dr afia,may ALLAH relieve her from this severity.ameen
BUSHRA TEHREEM cl;ap n laugh ,,, for u have brought urself to the level where poeple will point n say .. look at the great muslims of present ,who can sell not only ther men ,but also women ,, for few dollars ,, wht a high level of bravery our men have shown, some committed the crime n others only regret that we r sorry for whtever happened ,,, we r sorry we can only pray … O MEN … with great powers in ur hands …only if ur hearts r enlightened ,, and have spirit to stand for the name of allah ,, for the safety of your sisters ,,, why dont u realize the fact ,,, that what make the enemy so brave to commit shameful acts so openly ,,, b’coz u the men ,the jawans of my nation ,,, can only regret n pray 4 whtever happen to their sisters ,,they can’t stand ,,, u look into urself b4 blaming to others ,,, WILL U STAND N TAKE RISK OF PROTECTING THE DAUGHTERS OF THIS NATION ,, a cry of many sisters ,, who will b raped in the same way ,,, if u keep sitting n regretting … are asking u ,,, WHEN MY BROTHERS WILL STAND FOR ME ,,,, WHEN ,,, cries .
maheen i feel so ashamed being paki…i pray to lord for his revenge to every1 and inshallah i will live to see end of the ppl who did this
lazim hay ke hum bhi dekhaingy….
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Shabbir O my God What,s happened.i think there is need of Muhammad Bin Qasim now and A ‘Musa” against “Firouns”(Bush,Mushraff,FIA,FBI,………….)Mr.Gillani Mr zardari Mr Nawaz Sharif u must try your best for releasing this dughter of Islam and other muslims those are sold out by pakistani governmnet to USA it is shamefull for us because as a muslim it is our duty to save our sisters not handover them to non muslims.Allah will not forgave us remmber it and every one of us will die then it will be clear what will be punishment is ready for us.
O my god i am praying with my broken heart and with tears in my eyes destroye those who are involve in this inccident of Dr Afia
Besharam Pakistani Oh My Sister Afia! we have didn’t taken any action, My Sister! We can only use words! What action is to be taken in this time we have forgotten, it seems like we are not HE and or not SHE, and we are 3rd party. Same situation with Government. I hope Pakistani agencies can sell out their mothers and sister and daughters in good amount, Pervez Musharaf can rent a sister and can rent a wife or can rent a daughter, I don’t know how much he has, or may be Pakistani agencies can rent their women. In 1965 we proud to be Pakistani and we proud on our Military and agenesis. Now we shame to be Pakistani. I can not face the Day of Qyamat the face of my Profit when he will ask what you did on the case of Afia? So today I am disconnecting my relation to be Pakistani, I hate totally Pakistani agencies is and military. Please don’t only use words but do some thing, please come with me. Please raise your hands, who wants revenge of sister Afia? Come with me. Islam say when can not secure our sisters and mother and can not save our brothers then we don’t have right to live, how you are eating the meals? Did you think how your brothers in Jails are? We sell our Muslim brothers and sisters? Are we Muslim? Are we human? If any one says that Sister Afia was criminal then you must investigate in our country, you don’t need to sell her. One day every one has to die, when he/ she will buried, he/ she will asked what he/she done in life, and day of Qyamat is the near. By doing this, just wait and see what Allah is now doing with our Agencies and Military and with our silent and government lover Pakistanis. Wait and see.
realistic Well Done Pakistanis!!!!!
Few picked her up, few locked her up, few agreed to transfer her to US, few maltreated her and God knows how many have raped her…..
and you are busy making simple comments….???
If we all are so GhairatMand why we do not come out in streets. To start with we may be less but i hope others will join us in months and years.. No one will put things right for us… we and only we will have to do it.
Hai Jurm-e-Zaeefi ki saza marg-e-mafajat
Its Afia today, tomorrow they will be urs and my sisters.
Donot worry about the consequences of getting out and demanding out rights.
Come on!!
mmbaig i feel shame being a pakistani,when our rulers start selling daugtors of nation in few dollars,if they not change thier attitud soon will be bloody revolution
uzair Dear Sister Afia:
I on behalf of all your Pakistani- Muslim brothers am sorry for what happened to you and that is all we are up to. We don’t want to get mess-up with NATO and we Pakistan’s don’t have power to take stand in front of NATO countries.
We will write letter and pray for you and that is what we Muslims can do, as we are facing a two sided sword of Mullas Extremism and Liberalization. And sorry on behalf of our President (Musharraf) and our other lords who love London, Parris, USA. And can’t do anything as we are not in power to take stand in front of them.
Although you are from the Muslim ummah sister, whose past is glorified with Muhammad Bin Qasim, Tariq Bin Ziad, Pilot Officer Rahid Minhas But sorry that time Muslims were in power and they don’t have Offices, businesses and carrier to look at.
Sister we can just pray and write letter but we cannot come out on streets as we have lot of important work to do on Sundays and we have just one holiday and Sun will be hot, others will take part in it on my behalf and we have threat of Bomb Blast as well, we would like to die of Heart Attack in our cool air conditioned bed room. Sorry we can’t do anything.
Yes Talibanization is Religious Extremism But What happened with you is Justice as you are Muslim, Third world citizen and linked with Al Qaeda. We just thought about justice takes time in Pakistan but sorry Develop countries regime must also be forced to change like Saddam’s as it took 5 years and Prisoner No 650’s case is still pending.
Dear sister our hearts are dead and we are robots so we have nothing to do with you,
We will wait, watch and apply for immigration to get out of the fire that is spread around us, but sorry we didn’t heard about the torture you have faced. In the end “Sab Se Pahla Pakistan” and my dear sister you were the part of Al Qaeda so you deserve it. If some did wrong we punish him straight away. And you know that we are grateful that we barter you for FDI, F-16 and our Government.
And Ya Please All Pakistanis Must not be ashamed as we didn’t knew about you and just knew about you today.
In the end salute to us that after reading this message we are still waiting to do something and didn’t spread this message.
Salute To….
SAB SE PAHLA PAKISTAN
SAB SE PAHLA PAKISTAN ARMY
SAB SE PAHLA F-16, FDI
SAB SE PAHLA OUR SISTERS, BROTHERS AND NATO
Don’t be shameful, as what can we do?
Yes in a day our government statement will come that she is in foreign custody and we will bring her back…………………..!
Think about it. Please help me out to organize a demonstration in Karachi. Email me and get connected to throw away the veil of shamefulness and disgrace, leave mullas but at least become Muslim and Pakistani. We have nothing to do with politics so please no political party must contact us because now is the time to show strength of what we are just two hours to show up we are Muslims and Pakistanis are alive, we want things to get straight on table but if the others are not ready to do than we are…….!
This is a last try of life from a PAKISTANI to get united, rest is with you.
Lets give strength and glory to our selves as nation.
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Ramsha Dr. Afia is the daughter of nation.I think that through out pakistan movement should be launched.In France whole nation faught for a single man Dreforce.Than why dont we??.I am from rahimyarkhan and i appeal all the students of my city and pakistan to launch strike.
Hmare government uncha sunti hai.humain in k kanon min ghus ker bolna mare ga.Sirf media k chilane se kuch nahi ho ga.
FREE AFIA
Saqib Ahmed Today I am really ashamed of myself and all the fellow Pakistanis, still throughout comments we are only playing a blame game and nothing else. My question is that how many Aifa’s will have to be sacrificed for us to standup as the nation. It is not Human Rights commission or Politicians who will change us, we need to individually and collectively stand up and change our selves.
MAY ALLH Bless the True Sister and Mother of the Nation and make her THE changing point of this long slept nation. Sister Afia we Pakistani’s are the real culprits, we couldn’t stand for her Sister and still cannot be.
azhar THOUSAND OF MUSLIM PEOPLE ARE MISSING BUT NEW ELECTED GOVT IS DOING NOTHING FOR THEM.WHAT S HAPPENING IN PAKISTAN ICANT BELIEVE IT.MAY GOD BLESS HER AND ALL THOSE PEPLE THOSE HAVE BEEN SOLD AFTER 9;11.SHAME ON MUSHARRAF! SHAME ON THE GOVT OF PAK.AND SHAME ON WE PAKISTANIES THOSE ARE STILL SLEEPING.
Adnan Manzoor i say turn ur nukes towards them and ask for her release if we have any self respect left!!!
may be they are going to take me next for saying so…
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A.Q Magray Dr.Afia is the daughter of nation.We Pakistani a cursed nation on the world map.after 9/11 the two billion dollar yearly aid package given to Musharraf was too juicy to refuse.While he and his khakies revamped their arms and their contonments,ordinary pakistani-American in the US and in the world became the target of unjust prifiling and downright discrimination.Our leaders Gilani and Zardari who are not competent give answer,what will they do.Oh my God help Dr. Afia and missing persons.Ameen.
hassan Abbas Today’s Dawn carries this report: Aafia Siddiqui, an MIT-educated Pakistani woman,has been brought to New York to face charges that she tried to kill U.S. agents and military officers during an interrogation in Afghanistan.Siddiqui, 36, was stopped by Afghan police on July 17(2008?!-query mine)) outside a government building, according to a criminal complaint. Police searched her handbag and discovered documents containing recipes for explosives and chemical weapons and describing “various landmarks in the United States, including New York City,” according to the complaint, which did not identify the landmarks. The next day, as a team of FBI agents and U.S. military officers prepared to question her, Siddiqui grabbed a rifle, pointed it at an army captain and yelled that she wanted blood, prosecutors said. An interpreter pushed the rifle aside as she fired two shots, which missed, they said. One of two shots fired by a soldier in response hit her in the torso. Even after being hit, Siddiqui struggled and shouted in English “that she wanted to kill Americans” before the officers subdued her, the complaint said.
Aafia’s family attorney, Elaine Whitfield Sharp,called the charges “a tall story.”
The report is offered for readers to judge for themselves how the US authorities continue ti lie.
zubaria sorry to u afia ………….lekin hum jaise behis qoommm aur khuch nahi ker saktee ………..
sorry …………bt to whoom …………to all those who are i suffer due to that person mushraf
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Muhammad Yousaf I will say that this is the results of our own deeds.Everyone is busy in making his own life easier.We are absorbing all the bad things from West and India and negelecting our religion “Islam”.
We need a leader who only obey “Allah” and is not afraid of USA or others powers of world. I feel shame me Mushraf that he is our President, that being an armed person he sit down on his knees in obeying every ‘order’ of USA. Because according to him American Govt. threaten him to destroy Pakistan if he refuse to fulfil thier demands. Now we getting result of involving in war against terror. We have find only one “Afia” and our heads are down with shame. Who nows how many “Afia’s” have been sent to America by Mushraf and company.
This is the condition of our leader that being a muslim he do this deed. I can say that the American could have bombed us after 9/11 if we had to see that day which make our life worst than death.
saad musharaf and all the rest dont care for any citizen. they have other motives. If the repectable doctor can be abducted then any of us can be next.
but the worst part is our government hide all the facts and the story goes to son of a bitch Usama their last resort to blame and show connection to.
oh man this fight for terror is self engineered and they are punishing every one who are not connected but are connected according to their plot.
they are the so called most civilized nations of the world and we are from the third world yet they have no respect for women. the conditions in the prision is the most disturbing part. God bless muslims and Pakistani’s.
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Wasif farooq I don’t have word to describe the actions which our ruler have done so far.
i am also very shameful to know about the price of a Pakistani national set by our enlightened moderated government.Who was behind 9/11,every one knows.
you can read the books “The new Pearl Harbour” and the “9/11 evil” by victor thorn.
Ignorent ruler who donot have time to know the facts besides their own intrests are responsible of such incidents along with ourselves ,who donot have time to think about those peoples.
I also request to the peoples who are in media please investgate before p
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