The Lahore High Court (LHC) here on Monday adjourned till August 27 the hearing of a habeas corpus petition seeking recovery of Dr Aafia Siddiqui from American detention as deputy attorney general sought time to file comments as ministries of Foreign Affairs and Interior failed to submit their replies.
The court had directed both the ministries to apprise about the developments in the case of Dr Aafia for bringing her back to the country and whether government had any objection about referring the matter to International Court of Justice (ICJ). Petitioner Barrister Iqbal Jaffree submitted that former President Pervez Musharraf had given away more than 9,000 citizens in the American custody.
He requested the court to direct the government to take steps for bringing Dr Aafia back to the country, and in case the matter is not resolved, it must be taken to the ICJ. According to her family, Dr Afia was arrested from Karachi on March 30, 2003 outside her house and was taken to Afghanistan. Later, she was transported to the US, where she was being tried under terrorism charges for attempting to kill two American investigators.
Two of her American national children are reportedly still missing while one of her child has been handed over to her sister by interior ministry. In this case the same court had also restrained Federal Government from releasing 20 million dollar to three American lawyers for pleading the case of Dr Aafia in American courts.
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