Posts Tagged ‘Aafia Siddiqui’
Narrow moves: MQM playing to the right wing gallery? – by Nadeem F. Paracha
Related articles: MQM Right Wing Alliance Narrow moves The Muttahida Qaumi Movement is one of the most enigmatic political parties. It has been enjoying overwhelming support in Karachi and Hyderabad ever since the late 1980s, in the process becoming perhaps the country’s first true urban party with a significant middle and lower-middle [...]
“Aafia United”: Imran Khan calls up Altaf Hussain
Related articles: Altaf bhai invites Taliban to join hands? – by D. Asghar MQM Right Wing Alliance ...... Burying the hatchet: Imran calls up Altaf, agrees to work together Source: Express Tribune After years of political animosity, Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Altaf Hussain’s Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) [...]
Altaf bhai invites Taliban to join hands? – by D. Asghar
Related article: “Aafia United”: Imran Khan calls up Altaf Hussain If Altaf bhai can only realize his immense potential as an entertainer, he would definitely give many Umer Sharifs, and other "Comedy Kings" of Bollywood, run for their money. Is it me, or has someone noticed this as well, there is always some "Yaum e This" and "Yaum e [...]
Civil society demands Raymond Davis’s execution and Aafia Siddiqui’s release
Related article: The Taliban feel insulted when our officials say that the CIA is funding them to kill innocent Pakistanis The following are two news items from daily Jang and daily The News (Chief Executive: Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Chief Advisor: Najam Sethi) which illustrate the direction and nature of (fake) civil society's [...]
Geo TV’s Aafia Mafia – by Fasi Zaka
TV journalism's Aafia mafia Dr Aafia has been hijacked, and not just by the Americans, who had her flown to the US and gave her a dubiously excessive punishment for attempted murder, but by the Pakistani media itself. Just recently Meher Bokhari conducted a TV programme on Samaaon Dr Aafia Siddiqui, and it was an atrocious attack on the [...]
How Dr Aafia Siddiqui lost her legal case – by Ardeshir Cowasjee
The national mindset is not given to looking before it leaps, to thinking or to cogitation. Emotions overtake the process of reasoning and the ubiquitous issue of national ‘honour’ and ‘pride’ often defies logic. Dr Aafia Siddiqui, US citizen, is a case in point where the truth has got lost somewhere along the way and is now [...]
Fatima Bhutto: please focus on fiction- by Nasima Zehra Awan
Pakistan may have lost a talented fiction writer when Fatima Bhutto went into journalism. Clearly, she is adept at spinning a tale, fudging facts and re-defining reality in a manner that is the exclusive domain of talented story tellers. Throw in her photogenic looks and her propensity to endear herself with the security establishment and she [...]
Aafia Siddiqui’s daughter’s reappearance: The CIA and ISI should come clean – by Kamran Shafi
Maryam Saddiqui, the missing daughter of Aafia Siddiqui, has been identified after mysteriously reappearing on her family's doorstep, a top Pakistani official said. The 12-year-old is one of three children of Aafia Siddiqui. Come clean, there is still time It’s official: according to none other than this journal of record, the 12-year old [...]
The mysterious case of the grey lady of Bagram – by Robert Fisk
Why didn’t Aafia Siddiqui's family report her missing in 2003, asks Robert Fisk. ISLAMABAD: Dr Shams Hassan Faruqi sits amid his rocks and geological records, shakes his bearded head and stares at me. “I strongly doubt if the children are alive,” he says. “Probably, they have expired.” He says this in a strange way, mournful but [...]
Mrs. Janjua where art thou? – by pejamistri
A few days back when I wrote “Do you remember Sajjad Ali Shah”, in the heart of my hearts I prayed that I was wrong. It is true that during the struggle against the 21st century mad dictator (General Musharraf) in Pakistan, Supreme Court Judges of Pakistan including the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry were a symbol of unity and [...]
Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s case and Pakistani media’s hysteria – by Farhat Taj
Caravans and howling of stray animals — Farhat Taj The media in Pakistan is constantly promoting a one-sided view of Dr Aafia’s case. Nobody is expecting 100 percent objectivity from the media. But still one is surprised how some of the most important issues in this case have never been touched upon by the Pakistani media Pakistani [...]
Dr Aafia’s appeal – By Rafia Zakaria
The explosive mix of appearing to be the obedient Muslim woman clad in burka and a would-be assassin defying the US make Dr Aafia Siddiqui irresistible as a heroine and an icon. But should such defiance be the only mark of heroism in our society? - File photo THE aftermath of Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s conviction nearly two weeks ago in a New York [...]
Some legal aspects of Aafia Siddiqui’s case: A rebuttal to Babar Sattar – by Usman Ahmad
'Blinkered justice'? As a nation we suffer from what can only be described as persecution complex. The knee-jerk reaction of "they are out to get us" has been our response to countless issues ranging from the war on terror to the general treatment of Pakistan by the international community. The sentiment has been on display in the case of Dr [...]
The curious case of Aafia Siddiqui and the conspiracy theorists – by Ahmed Naqvi
Aafia Siddiqui’s legal case has done its round in Pakistan’s media. From the anti-government newspaper The Nation, to the relatively liberal and seemingly unbiased Dawn, everyone has taken a swipe at this jaw-dropping, mind-numbing political situation. Yes, political situation. Though her curious case may have been shrouded under a dark cloud, [...]
From Maududi to Aafia – by Nadeem F. Paracha
She’s being called the “daughter of the nation” who needs to be rescued from the fanged jaws of the Americans. Her name is Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. Pakistani TV channels and drawing-rooms are buzzing with talk of this gallant woman who was recently found guilty by an American court for attempting murder, and on whose defence the government of [...]
The case of missing persons: A national shame – by Sakib Ahmad
Va la-qad karramna banee Aadam (Al-Qur’an, 17/70) - but, alas, our secret agencies know not! Early last month, when the government’s defiance of the Supreme Court ruling on Musharraf’s notorious presidential decree NRO had shaken the country, the Supreme Court opened up another front. This time the adversary was far more [...]
A critical analysis of Aafia Siddiqui’s case – by Anas Abbas
First published on: AA Counter Terror Aafia Siddiqui was finally convicted on 4rd February 2010 for trying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan. She is now expected to face a maximum of 60 years in prison. Below is a study that will analyze some important questions that are related to Aafia Siddiqui’s case. The questions [...]
Mata Hari of Al Qaeda: The mystery of Dr Aafia Siddiqui
By: Abdul Nishapuri Pakistani Taliban Union of Journalists (also known as Mullah Media Alliance), including Dr Shahid Masood, Irfan Siddiqui, Ansar Abbasi and Hamid Mir, often present a partial, one sided picture of the ordeal and 'mazloomiat' of Dr Aafia Siddiqui. In the following article, The Guardian's Declan Walsh offers a comprehensive, [...]
Do Dr Aafia Siddiqui and Major Nadal Hasan represent Islam?
By Abdul Nishapuri Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance. Any one who aims to exploit Islam to resort to violence against innocent human beings is neither a friend of Islam nor (more...)
Dr Aafia Siddiqui: The other side of the picture
Less grey A little more colour and substance has been added to the ghostly form of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, currently languishing in an American detention facility and said to be suffering severely from mental illness. An illness so severe that it is not possible for her to appear before the court (more...)
