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Posts Tagged ‘Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’

Son of Musharraf Sold Dr. Aafia to FBI?

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Aug 10th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Barrister Iqbal Jafferi, who is 70 years old and suffers from prostate cancer, has filed a petition in Islamabad High Court on August 8, in which he has accused President Pervez Musharraf’s son, Bilal Musharraf, of taking the bounty money that the FBI had announced for the head of Dr Aafia Siddiqui.
It’s true that some [...]



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 [...]



Have They Found Dr. Aafia?

By Ali Yar Khan • Aug 5th, 2008 • Category: Politics

According to the media reports, On Thursday, an FBI official visited Aafia Siddiqi’s brother in Houston, USA to deliver the news that she was alive and in custody. FBI further told the brother of Aafia, that she is alive, though injured and is in Afghanistan.
Dr. Aafia has become one of the rare case of in [...]