A few days back the Asian Human Rights Commission issued an urgent press release about a Pakistani, Dr. Afia Siddiqui, who has been missing from Pakistan for over four years, since 2003. Her kidnapping has since then been denied by both American and Pakistani governments but actually she has been suspected of being an operative of Al-Qaeda and has been on FBI’s wanted list. There is reason to believe that she is also one of the missing persons who had been ‘handed over’ to the Americans courtesy of Pervaiz Musharraf. Let us not forget that the missing persons case was a turning point in the history of Pakistan where Pervaiz Musharraf had a severe falling out with the then CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry who was investigating this case and probably stepped on a few toes definitely ended up rumbling a few skeleton locked within Musharraf’s treasure chest of hidden secrets
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Dr. Afia Siddiqui left her mother’s house in Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Sindh province, along with her three children, in a Metro-cab on March 30, 2003 to catch a flight for Rawalpindi, Punjab province, but never reached the airport. The press reports claimed that Dr. Afia had been picked-up by Pakistani intelligence agencies while on her way to the airport and initial reports suggested that she was handed over to the American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). At the time of her arrest she was 30 years and the mother of three sons the oldest of which was four and the youngest only one month.
A few days later an American news channel, NBC, reported that Afia had been arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of facilitating money transfers for terror networks of Osama Bin Laden. The mother of the victim, Mrs. Ismat (who has since passed away) termed the NBC report absurd. She went on to say that Dr. Afia is a neurological scientist and has been living with her husband, Amjad, in the USA for several years.
On April 1, 2003, a small news item was published in an Urdu daily with reference to a press conference of the then Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayat. When questioned with regard to Dr. Afia’s arrest he denied that she had been arrested. This was followed by another Urdu daily article on April 2 regarding another press conference in which the same minister said Dr. Afia was connected to Al Qaeda and that she had not been arrested as she was absconding. He added: “You will be astonished to know about the activities of Dr. Afia” A Monthly English magazine of Karachi in a special coverage on Dr. Afia reported that one week after her disappearance, a plain clothed intelligence went to her mother’s house and warned her, “We know that you are connected to higher-ups but do not make an issue out of your daughter’s disappearance.” According to the report the mother was threatened her with ‘dire consequences’ if she made a fuss.
Whilst Dr. Afia’s whereabouts remain unknown, there are reports of a woman called ‘Prisoner 650’ is being detained in Afghanistan’s Bagram prison and that she has been tortured to the point where she has lost her mind. Britain’s Lord Nazeer Ahmed, (of the House of Lords), asked questions in the House about the condition of Prisoner 650 who, according to him is physically tortured and continuously raped by the officers at prison. Lord Nazeer has also submitted that Prisoner 650 has no separate toilet facilities and has to attend to her bathing and movements in full view of the other prisoners.
Also, on July 6, 2008 a British journalist, Yvonne Ridley, called for help for a Pakistani woman she believes has been held in isolation by the Americans in their Bagram detention centre in Afghanistan, for over four years. “I call her the ‘grey lady’ because she is almost a ghost, a spectre whose cries and screams continues to haunt those who heard her,” Ms Ridley said at a press conference.
Ms Ridley, who went to Pakistan to appeal for help, said the case came to her attention when she read the book, The Enemy Combatant, by a former Guantanamo detainee, Moazzam Begg. After being seized in February 2002 in Islamabad, Mr Begg was held in detention centres in Kandahar and Bagram for about a year before he was transferred to Guantanamo Bay. He recounted his experiences in the book after his release in 2005. Mr. Imran Khan, leader of Justice Party (T.I) suspects that prisoner 650 is the Dr. Afia Siddiqui and USA and Pakistani authorities are hiding facts of ‘Prisoner 650’.
To date, neither the American nor the Pakistani government have come out about the arrest and detention of Dr. Afia in either Bagram or Guantanamo Bay where suspected terrorists are held. On December 30, 2003 Dr. Fawzia Siddiqui, Dr. Afia’s elder sister met with Mr Faisal Saleh Hayat at Islamabad with Mr Ejazul Haq, MNA, regarding the whereabouts of Dr. Afiai. Mr Faisal told Dr. Fawzia and Mr Ejazul Haq that according to his information Dr. Afia Siddiqui had already been released and that she (Dr. Fawzia) should go home and wait for a phone call from her sister.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Dr. Afia Siddiqui, who studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, for about 10 years and did her PhD in genetics, returned to Pakistan in 2002. Having failed to get a suitable job, she again visited the US on a valid visa in February 2003 to search for a job and to submit an application to the US immigration authorities. She moved there freely and came back to Karachi by the end of February 2003 after renting a post office box in her name in Maryland for the receipt of her mail. It has been claimed by the FBI (Newsweek International, June 23, 2003, issue) that the box was hired for one Mr Majid Khan, an alleged member of Al Qaeda residing in Baltimore.
Throughout March 2003 flashes of the particulars of Dr. Afia were telecast with her photo on American TV channels and radios painting her as a dangerous Al Qaeda person needed by the FBI for interrogation. On learning of the FBI campaign against her she went underground in Karachi and remained so till her kidnapping. The June 23, 2003, issue of Newsweek International was exclusively devoted to Al Qaeda. The core of the issue was an article “Al Qaeda’s Network in America”. The article has three photographs of so-called Al Qaeda members – Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, Dr. Afia Siddiqui and Ali S. Al Marri of Qatar who has studied in the US like Dr. Siddiqui and had long since returned to his homeland. In this article, which has been authored by eight journalists who had access to FBI records, the only charge leveled against Dr. Afia is that “she rented a post-office box to help a former resident of Baltimore named Majid Khan (alleged Al Qaeda suspect) to help establish his US identity.
NewsLine while doing a story in 2003 – Mysterious Cover-up Mazhar Abbass reports that
Surprisingly there has been no official report registered with the police about Afia’s disappearance which explains why Afia’s mother wanted to avoid going public. The police, meanwhile, is doing nothing to trace Afia. “We have no knowledge about this case nor has anyone contacted me,” said Sindh police chief, Syed Kamal Shah. Ismat Siddiqui, however, claims that she has spoken to high police officials, including Shah, about her daughter’s disappearance. A week after the incident, Mrs. Siddiqui alleges that an intelligence agency official came to her house and warned her not to make an issue out of her daughter’s disappearance and threatened her with dire consequences.
Daily Times gives a detailed account of her mysterious disappearance in 2004 – The strange story of Aafia Siddiqui
Months later, the FBI would make its most devastating claim against Siddiqui. It was still dark on the morning of March 1, 2003, when Pakistani authorities arrested Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a known September 11 mastermind, at a Karachi safe house. The arrest made news around the world. It also presaged the extraordinary vanishing act of AafiaSiddiqui and her three small children.” It seems Khalid Sheikh Mohammed gave up Aafia’s name as being a major Al Qaeda operative.” However, one of her defenders saysSiddiqui ’s identity was likely stolen. “Aafia was, I think, probably a pretty naive and trusting person and my guess is it would be pretty easy for somebody who wanted to steal an identity to just steal it.” About a month after his capture in the spring of 2003, she disappeared.
The question is where is Afia and why are police and intelligence agencies silent? Is she in the custody of the FBI or the ISI? Another possibility is that Afia might have been kidnapped by her ex-husband, who may have links with Al-Qaeda. Whatever the case, there seems to be a deliberate attempt to hush up the mysterious circumstances behind Afia Siddiqui’s disappearance
Other links: Adnan Siddiqui – These coward and fascist liberals | PkPolitics – Appeal for the Release of Dr. Afia Siddiqui & Her 3 Children
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584 responses to “Missing Pakistani – Dr. Afia Siddiqui – Prisoner 650”
we r the slaves of USA
its true if some not agree then they come out of there home’s and then say it
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no one can do it bez every one knows that if we do it then our family will never see us agian….
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@Yameen do you have any sister of yours left or do you have sold them all to US? I am sure at least you have your mother with you? oh my god did you sold her too? damn you man you are such a greedy bastard.
i m too much ashamed of this case.that show that there is no security for anyone…..
this country was made on the name of security for muslims.but it is…..
i can do nothing just do prayer to my ALLAH ALMIGHTY that give ‘hadayat’ to its people.
amin
Dr. Afia case is doing totally violation of humanrights, where is UNO role in this regard, i call to all muslims that they pray in Ramazan for Honorable Dr. Afia
Despite all the crap in this blog, the fact remains that
“Afia is a terrorist.”
Spending jail time in US is not sufficient. She must be either sent back to Afghanistan or hanged naked with shity face covered.
Love Live Pakistan.
There is no such thing Al-Qaeda this is all American propaganda..America is the one behind all bomb attacks n terrorism.Just see what is happening in guantanamo bay n abu ghraib(Iraq) all are innocent muslim brothers sold by PERVAIZ MUSHARRAF are beiing torturted badly which is so worst that it cant b described..Dr.Afia however is a Pakistani she shouldn’t have been handed over as she is innocent… MAY AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO ARE TORTURING PEOPLE IN JAILS AND KILLING CHILDREN N WOMEN GET BURNED AND SAME HAPPENS WITH THEIR FAMILES THEN THEY WILL GET TO KNOE.. AAMEEN…
wow yameen you have no sense of thought what so ever
you have no idea what she went through in her life
for you to judge her is discusting
i hope you grow a brain and start realizing that all problems are created on purpose by the americans .. just so that muslims can have the blame being put on them
only americans have rights..
the rest of us do not matter
MAY ALLAH HELP DR. AAFIA SIDDIQUI.And MAY HIS BLESSING SHINES UPON HER.
i m feeling really sad 4 her. n musharaf is really a pet dog of America. this should be happen with her own daughter..
Dr afia hum sub ap sa bohat shirmanda hain. aur jo kuch b ap k sath hoa hai jis na b karvaya hai wohi sub kuch in k sath ho ga . Alllah in ko duniya aur akhrat main saza da ga, ya apni betiyoon ko bechnay wallay ya kalay dalah hain. in ka mu Allah kala karay Amin. dumiya main zaleel hoo ka marain ya stupid,
Are we human beings?What is wrong with our leaders,our politicians that they are just quarelling with each other for chair.Is their no meaning of life of ordinary people of this country.Have they no right to live freely in their homeland.Is government not responsible for their liberty and rights.Plz wake uo and raise a voice against slavery of America.We are a free nation.Live like a free nation not like a slave.
MAY ALLAH HELP DR. AFIA SIDDIQUI.And MAY HIS BLESSING SHINES UPON HER
Allah help us all.. please do sign the petition to show you support.. saying rude things here won’t help..
http://www.petitiononline.com/af258633/petition.html
i must say our leaders are not muslisms and dnt worry Dr Afia God is always there for u the day of judgement will b yours for sure it will b yours and that is life forever, MUSHARAF A BULL DOG OF AMERICA
I really feel bad to knw abt Dr. Afia… i dont have words … but i sure can say that the souls american’s bought of so called Pakistanis’ cant help them any more. they made Pakistan jst a so called islamic country… but InshaAllah very soon they will get answer to there bad deeds, if not in this world.. then for sure in the world here-after…
may Allah help us Muslims through this time, guide us on the rite path and show the world that muslims r nt week.
dr.afia is not supporting allqedda .musraff said america to help in war then amreca will say that there are talibani and what erver then america will restirk our country dr.afia zindabad bush is a lol person amrican are shit
more news about DR. AAFIA
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dr.afia is not supporting allqedda .musraff said america to help in war then amreca will say that there are talibani and what erver then america will restirk our country dr.afia zindabad bush is a lol person amrican are shit.
more news about dr aafia
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Nobody is happy about what happened to her, we are not supposed to show our regrets here, lets put our heads together and think about what we can do about this. We lack unity…. see this can happen to our mothers and sisters, lets not just sit around here and say; what happened was bad and all…
They portray themselves as a civilized nation, yet this is their true picture, an innocent Pakistani Muslim woman treated like an animal, ahhhhhhhhh shame for all of us.
Where is the courage that once muslims had… the imaan…
Sorry to say but humari ghairat hi maar gaiee hay….
ALLAH Bless You All….
and ALLAH have mercy on that poor woman and her children…
AMEEN….
Very very sorry to hear about this case, may Dr Aifa will be released asap, magar aap logon Hindustani se kyon naraz ho es bath me? Hindustanis ke kya kussor thi es me? Koi samand bhi na tha, statements like hum Indians se behatar hai aur we learn bad things from India shows your immaturity in handling your problems. Aap tho apne aap ko bech chuke hai phirange logon se and apne aap es se bahar aawo, doosoron ko math lana es pe!! All the best!!!
I have read all the comments and one thing is commom in all comments that they feel pain for Dr.Afia.It may happen that she is involved but how can any one justify the treatment which the concerned people have done to her without a fair trial……..But all people forget about her CHILDREN,wny her children are gone from all this,I am sure that a child of few months cant be involved in any such activities.Its simple a expmple of BRUTTLE AGGRETION.May we not forget that we will be asked about every thing which we have done in this mortal life
Afia loves all kinds of blow job.
That’s exactly what she’s been doing for past many years. If released, she might do blow job in public, killing innocent people !
Be patient all of you including “patriotic Pakistani” who has been commenting above. Dr. Afia is suffering nad she will meet the afte what Allah Has Ordained for her. If her sacrifice could make a dead nation alive, it will be a blessing for us. Else she has her reward with her Lord if she has been stead fast. May Allah SWT Help and Protect her and reward her fully, Ameen.
For patriotic Pakistani Only: You talk about Muhammad Bin qasim from the veil of ethnicism. Can you bring any proof from some authentic history book that women were taken hostage and taken to Arab world? You want to rub salt on the wounds of people who are shocked and hurt. I imagine it was my daughter and by allah i am shaken right upto my roots.
Just keep your mouth shut and do not talk of old history before quoting some authentic hisotry reference. You appear to be reading a lot of fiction recently.
If judging by your standards of coming-up with excuse, I ask you why dig so deep and go so far back in the history. What has been happening in Kashmir, Palestine, Chechnia, Yemen and Nigeria?
You do not forget that you have to stand before your Lord, One and Only Allah SWT. That day He will be well aware of what you were and what your intentions were.
Muslim brothers and sisters just for a moment imagine Aafia is our sister/daughter/wife/mother. then whatever you feel, seek the Help of The Sustainer and Cherisher of Heavens and Earth with all sincereity of our hearts. Beg for His forgiveness and pray to Grant us rulers who have Deeni and milli ghairat.
Else Zardari and Mush types will remain our fate.May Allah SWT forgive me and the Ummah of His Last & Final Messanger. Ameen
This case of Dr. Afia should be enough for opening the eyes of world about the so called self aclaimed leader in justice and democracy USA.we all should get united to get Afia moral support and help her out in this great ordeal.
…..I’m scared, n I can’t be more scared. I guess in such a pitiable condition one should kill herself and rest in God’s arms. My God I don’t have any words. Who are we?? Where are we going? End is worse than it seems!
Yameen
The sort of commetns that you have been making are not only indecent but also reflecctive of the family that you belong to.
Fear Allah Who is quite capable of doing the same to you sisters and mother what you think about aafia. But the type of births that you are, it does not matter for your types. You wull rather enjoy watching your sister hanged naked and will probably feel proud to hear the commetns of spectators about their figures. You will proudly return to your family and narrate them the comments.
May Allah Guide you to the straight path or if not possible, then rid this world of munafiqeen like you, Ameen
let us all pray for dr.Afia and ask Allah to give those non-muslims a lesson which will be unforgettable for them and for their future generations.bycott all their products and give them a good lesson.tell them wht are human rigths.we should fight a jihad against them.
Does anyone have any knowledge of her current condition? She and her family are always in my prayer.
She has been transferred to a “facility” in Dallas/Ft. Worth area, it has a ward for mentally sick prisoner. I am sorry I do not have specifics on this.
I don’t know if her trial will continue in Manhattan, court room in New York was jam packed at the hearing last time. I am not sure if this was the reason for her transfer to Texas.
Please keep up with this story as best as you can!
Dr. Siddiqui has a really great sister, god bless her. If I was imprisoned somewhere I’d like to think my sister would do as good a job at creating hysteria about my situation.
“Dr Fouzia said that the institution court ordered Aafia to be sent to its Carswell Psychiatric Centre. This is a notorious facility in the US known as a “House of Horror”. It has a documented history of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse (even by medical professionals, priests and prison guards). If rape and torture is being inflicted with the collaboration with legal, medical and security people AKA Partners in crime against humanity, she added.”
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Karachi/07-Oct-2008/Sister-rejects-psychiatric-evaluation-orders-of-Aafia
The truth is however, that Carswell Psychiatric Centre is a top notch facility. The only reason she is there is that Siddiqui’s lawyers were demanding that she be moved to a place where she could get psychological help.
Olympic star Marion Jones spent 6 months there last year but had no complaints of being raped and tortured.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20182928,00.html
In fact the doctor was just visited by a Pakistani delegation and they spoke to her for a long time.
“Dr. Siddiqui, who was pleased to meet the delegation, appeared in a good state of mind and in better physical health than when he met her in August in New York”
“According to Faqir Hussain, the stomach infection she complained of was gone and her bullet wound was on the mend. “
It’s a miracle how she recovered from a gunshot wound with no medical care.
“Asked as to what was Dr. Aafia’s biggest concern, Faqir Hussain felt she wanted to go back to Pakistan at the earliest and was concerned about her children.”
I guess it slipped the doctor’s mind to complain about the torture and rapes. She is concerned about her children? That is a little vague isn’t it? Why no mention they were kidnapped and tortured with her for 5 years? Somethinh seems supsicious about the whole 650 story.
http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54969&Itemid=1
Bushra,
boycotting all non-muslim products is a great idea. Why don’t you start with the internet?
its really a very bad stuff …
i feel tht there is something like a big mystery behind ths whole case ..
i cn just pray for her .. nd god please help her ..
i’ll blame pakistan goverment for ths scene .. 🙁
its really a time to do something for her ( not only thinking )
bt i dont know we may never have good leaders like our founder whom we only love.
lets all pray for her……
@@BOB– You must have come across this:
Hey Mr. Admin/Moderator–I tried to cut and past a link and then type my thoughts, it wouldn’t let me. Whats up? I can’t paste anything here?
:-(….no wordz to say…… just pray 4 her.Allah helps her and punish the Americans who torched the innocent woman… Allah alwayz make justice he will never forgive these American.
I can’t believe this bitch is still alive.. which is why I call her REAL BITCH !!
@ yameen
Teri maa ki choot main lun dozen dozen dozen 9 dozen… salay nikal ja yahan say madarchod sick bastard..
I can only raise my dick for this bitch. she is a madcap who wants to blow up innocent American people. She is being treated with dignity and respect which she does not deserve because our country treats people with dignity and respect which you morons do not even understand. did any of you guys loose a friend or relative on 9/11. How do you feel about the innocent people who died in Marriot by a bomb planted by her friends. Why dont you go about protesting against that instead of protesting against a prisoner who has all the opportunity to defend herself- is living in comfort and eating healthy American food.
Yameens of the world have been defecating wherever they can to create mischief and rest assured they will continue to do just that till the end of their time. Its best to ignore them or the admin of this blog can hose it off but know that people like him will sneak right back in as soon as they can to continue to annoy civilized people.
No need to waste energy in responding to a post like that.
Do whatever you can to help our sister Aafia and her family in their grief and hardship.
Sorry toothmaster about your sister in arms. I agree that perhaps she isn’t the terrorist they claim she is; however, she is still a terrorist that was involved in 9/11.
yameen
you only care about the people who died in 9/11 and know nothing about your american officials killing thousands in our tribal areas for their self made propaganda.its better u stay away from this issue as long as u dont have the wisdom to understand whats going on in pakistan.thousands of our innocent people are being killed in counteracting what you americans have done with our dr.aafia.U really desearve 9/11!
How nice, some people here are ashamed to be pakistani!
if you are one of these people the get a damn political asylum and get the hell outta my country. you people are not the ones getting bombed, shot at or worse in the FATA areas.
you have never held a gun and stood guard at your country’s border. You say “Shame on Musharraf”, at least he had the guts to pick up a rifle and stand guard at the border so that idiots like you would feel safe in bed. By the blood of our soldiers are you people kept safe. Never forget that!
You say shame on Musharraf, I say SHAME ON YOU!!!
this is so heart breaking.
there was a time when i was like,i am proud to be a Pakistani and i love Pakistan.and i love all Pakistanis.
now i am like,I love the land of Pakistan,not the people.and i am not proud to be a Pakistani.I am ashamed.
Muhammad Osama Mahfooz
this is correct to say that we are ashamed to be Pakistanis
because actually we are no longer pakistanis
the only good piece left is the land
what else?
we have forgotten what quaid said
“Unity,Faith,Discipline”
Unity – wheres unity?
now people are like
proud to be mahajir,proud to be sindhi,proud to be punjabi,proud to be kashmiri,proud to be karachite,proud to be lahore
and if u see,there arent much people who say “Proud to be a Pakistani”
I am proud that i belong to the land of Pakistan.
Go and ask 50 people,that whose the best? sindhi punjabi balochi or pashto and see how many of them say Pakistan is the best.
I am so ashamed to call myself Muslim let alone Pakistani for this act by our muslim brothers and dear pakistanis.
Thanks for saving me.
Thank You
THANKYOU MUSHARRAF AND YOUR CLOSE ALLIES
America thinks both these people can be threat to it.
So with the help of Musharraf Dalal they disgraced Abdul Qadeer and banned him and the hero of the nation became prisoner in his own country.
Dr. Afia is also being falsely accused of rubbish stories just to held her in USA.
By the way your Musharraf Begharat was the one , who abducted Dr. Afia from her Karachi Residence and sold her to America for few dollars.
I am proud to be a muslim, a Pakistani
Salaam to Dr. Afia
arif, because of chutiyas like u our country is in this mess.
hundreds of people are dying and u idiots are just banging on one.
grow a pair of balls
@Arif
You shouldn’t be proud to be Pakistani because of this act of kindness to Dr. Afia.