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Aafia Siddiqui: Victimized By American Injustice

By Guest Blogger • Feb 13th, 2010 • Category: Politics

On February 3, a Department of Justice press release headlined “Aafia Siddiqui Found Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court of Attempting to Murder US Nationals in Afghanistan and Six Additional Charges.”
At her scheduled May 6 sentencing, she “faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison on each of the attempted murder and armed assault charges; [...]



Framed Dr. Aafia Siddiqui

By Dr.Qazi Aziz-ud-Din Umar • Feb 11th, 2010 • Category: Misc

SHAME ON YOUR CHURL JURIST, WHO WREAKED ON THE BENIGN
CURSE ON YOUR WHOLE SYSTEM,CURSE ON THAT AILING DESIGN
ALL THE MUSLIMS DETEST, PROTEST AGAINST YOUR FAKE JUSTICE
THE RULING IS ATROCIOUS, ABSURD WITH A MALICIOUS ENSIGN



Altaf Hussain’s Telephonic Drama

By Altaf Khan • Apr 5th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The canning of the 17-year old girl in the Swat by the Taliban is extremely disturbing event. The way the girl was manhandled by the Talibs and and the way male spectators watched minute long spanking of the girl is highly condemnable. Where was the court, Qazi and where were the 4 witnesses?
That is not [...]



Prisoner 650(Grey Ghost of Bagram)

By Asim • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics

My name is Prisoner 650,
Known I am as the “Grey Ghost”
Of Bagram, my home, remember me
In years of silence, in moments
Of indifference, created by you
Familiar are those walls and rooms
Of torture, of questions and of abuse
Familiar are those old echoes,
As all ideologies fall away in shame
Of protection of rights and freedom
Familiar I am to these [...]



Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and Mohammad Bin Qasim

By M Mirza • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


Grey Lady Aafia Siddiqui Surfaces

By Ali Yar Khan • Aug 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics

So they say that she grabbed the pistol of an American warrant officer, and then shot at another American captain within a room, missed, and then she was shot, subdued by the American soldiers and FBI agents present. Up till the last moment, the dangerous Al Qaeda operative struggled and kicked and hurled customery expected [...]



Who is Dr. Aafia Siddiqui?

By Saleem Khan • Jul 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Aafia Siddiqui was born in Karachi, Pakistan, on March 2, 1972. She was one of three children of Mohammad Siddiqui, a doctor trained in England. She is a mother of three.
Aafia moved to Texas in 1990 to be near her brother, and after spending a year at the University of Houston, transferred to MIT. Aafia [...]