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The Islamabad High Court has ordered an in depth report on the extradition of Dr Aafia Siddiqui to US authorities by Friday.
The court docket heard the case relating to Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s well being and her return to Pakistan.
Aafia Siddiqui’s sister, Fauzia Siddiqui, appeared in court docket by way of video hyperlink and acknowledged that the important thing to Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s return lies with the Pakistani authorities.
She urged the federal government to help for the reason that Biden administration is in workplace, because the matter may get delayed with the arrival of a brand new US administration.
Aafia’s lawyer, Mr. Smith, submitted his affidavit to the court docket. The court docket has requested an in depth report on Aafia Siddiqui’s extradition to American authorities by Friday.
Fauzia Siddiqui talked about that Dr Aafia is being subjected to shocks in American jail for studying the Quran.
In his affidavit, Aafia’s lawyer, Mr. Smith, acknowledged that in 2003, the Sindh authorities handed Aafia Siddiqui and her kids over to the ISI, and the ISI then handed them over to the United States.
The Islamabad High Court has requested two questions relating to Aafia Siddiqui’s extradition to American authorities: whether or not the ISI had any proof associated to Aafia Siddiqui, and whether or not the ISI had the mandate to switch Aafia and her kids to a different get together.
The Additional Attorney General requested that questions associated to the companies relating to Aafia Siddiqui’s extradition be saved separate, or the aim of the petition wouldn’t be resolved.
Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq Khan inquired how the difficulty might be saved separate as soon as it’s in court docket and acknowledged that he’s not issuing any orders as we speak.
He instructed for the supply of e an in depth report on the judiciary’s questions by Friday.
The court docket additionally instructed the Foreign Ministry’s lawyer to offer an in depth response from their workplace, or else everybody can be saved within the court docket.
The listening to was adjourned till Friday with a request for detailed stories from the Additional Attorney General and the Foreign Ministry.
