KARACHI
\nAafia Movement spokesman Muhammad Ayub has said that the US presidential pardon is not the last option and our struggle would continue till the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui.
\nAs per details, he said that they are optimistic about the release of Aafia Siddiqui.
\nHe said Aafia Movement leader and noted neurophysician of the country Dr Fowzia Siddiqui has met with her sister Aafia in FMC Carswell jail. On this occasion, civil society members staged a peaceful demo outside the jail to express solidarity to Dr Aafia Siddiqui.
\nMuhammad Ayub said that as per the information received by Aafia Movement Media Cell, Aafia\u2019s lawyer Clive Smith escorted Dr Fowzia Siddiqui to the jail.
\nClive Smith said it was painful to think about the emotional meeting between the two sisters. He said the temperature was minus six and everything was frozen. He said Dr Fowzia had to wait a lot due to long official procedures. He said out of the allotted time of four hours only two hours were actually given for the meeting.
\nDr Fowzia Siddiqui said it was a very sad and painful meeting. She had high hopes that this time she would escort her sister home. She said she is still thankful for the countless supporters who demand the release of Aafia. She also thanked the civil society members and DFW community of Dallas for their big peaceful demo.
\nThe Aafia Foundation USA, Director Operations Alhaj Mori Salakhan and Clive Smith also attended the demo. Speaking on the occasion, Clive Smith said that even if President Joe Biden didn\u2019t pardon Dr Aafia Siddiqui, she would eventually come out of jail.
\nResident scholar of Islamic Association of Northern Texas, Dr Asif Heerani said that Muslim community should continue to struggle for the release of Aafia and remain in contact with their leaders and Imams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KARACHI Aafia Movement spokesman Muhammad Ayub has said that the US presidential pardon is not the last option and our struggle would continue till the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui. As per details, he said that they are optimistic about the release of Aafia Siddiqui. He said Aafia Movement leader and noted neurophysician of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-456655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n