- In a written order on the plea seeking recovery of Aafia Siddiqui, IHC Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan issued a two-page written order.
- IHC directed the Foreign Office to facilitate and protect Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s family on their US visit to meet her.
- “The Foreign Office should ensure that they will be protected being family of Aafia Siddiqui while going to the US,” the court remarked.
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the Foreign Office (FO) to facilitate and protect Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s family on their US visit to meet her, Bol news reported.
In a written order on the plea seeking recovery of Aafia Siddiqui, who’s serving jail sentence in America, IHC Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan issued a two-page written order.
“The Foreign Office should ensure that they will be protected being family of Aafia Siddiqui while going to the US,” the IHC directs.
The IHC said as per the report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the counsel general visited the Federal Medical Centre instead of the prison cell of Dr Aafia Siddiqui. The report further added that Siddiqui thought that her family was not alive, the court remarked.
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“According to the report, the warden of the Federal Medical Centre said nobody could force Aafia Siddiqui to call her family, if she does not want so,” the high court said.
The applicant lawyer said, in such circumstances, the FO should be directed to facilitate Aafia Siddiqui. Upon which, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs director said his team would try its best to get the family visa, however, no guarantee could still be given as the final decision had to be taken by the US government.
The IHC directs the FO officer to give his contact number to family of Aafia Siddiqui and provide complete help in getting a US visa.
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