Aafia Movement leader and noted neuro-physician of the county, Dr Fowzia Siddiqui, here Sunday said that the whole nation including the Aafia family has pinned high hopes on the apex judiciary to dole out justice to the innocent daughter of the nation Dr Aafia Siddiqui. Talking to media before leaving for Islamabad where the hearing of a constitutional petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan for Aafia release is scheduled for hearing on Monday, June 24, she said we are hopeful that our apex judiciary would dole out justice to the distressed family of Dr Aafia.
She said this noted woman scientist of Pakistan has already wasted 15 prime years of her life in illegal detention for no crime committed by her. She said Aafia Siddiqui is an educationalist and she had returned Pakistan after getting doctorial education in the USA to serve the Pakistani nation in the field of education, but she was kidnapped along with her three minor children, trafficked abroad and put in illegal detention.
Dr Fowzia said early release and repatriation of Aafia Siddiqui is the demand of whole Pakistani nation. She said the release of Aafia would help in improving soft image of Pakistan in the world. She said whole Pakistani nation is determined to see early and respectable return of Aafia and rejoining with her family.