Update @ 2025: Dr Ayesha Siddiqa leaves Pakistan fearing the Army

As we all know a renowned scholar Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa had recently published a book title Military Inc which actually exposed the billions of dollars of mismanagement by the Pakistan Army. The book turned out to be a best seller in Pakistan and was highly controversial as the Army did not want it published to the extent she continued to be threatened by the military. The News today reported that she had to flee the country as she was getting threating indicators of a probably charge sheet against her including a legal notice by a retired general demanding Rs 1 billion as damages for exposing his alleged acts of omission and commission in her book

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The News Sunday Nov 18th 2007
Dr Ayesha Siddiqa leaves Pakistan
Rauf Klasra

Renowned scholar Dr Ayesha Siddiqa secretly reached London on Wednesday after she “received a message that a charge sheet is being prepared to put her on trial for writing a book against the Pakistani military establishment. Dr Ayesha, whose recently launched book, “Military Inc, created a stir in Pakistan, was scheduled to reach London on June 13. However, she abruptly got out of the country after the messengers told her that she might be put on trial soon.

Before leaving Pakistan, Dr Ayesha also received a legal notice from a retired general, demanding Rs 1 billion as damages for exposing his alleged acts of omission and commission in her book. She was informed by some of her close family friends that her life was in a danger and she should be very careful. “I left Pakistan quietly as certain messengers were sent to my house to inform me about governments intentions to prepare a charge-sheet, Dr Siddiqa told The New here.

She said she believed that the messengers, who were personally known to her, were sent because the authorities concerned were annoyed at her work on the political and economic might and role of the military establishment. Dr Ayesha said she had planned to visit London in the second week of June to attend her books launching ceremony here on June 13. But, after receiving these messages she decided to leave for London quite early, she said, adding that after receiving these messages, her husband was frightened about her safety in Pakistan.