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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif assured Dr Fouzia Siddiqui on Friday that the government would continue to provide all possible legal and diplomatic support in the matter of her sister, Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist serving a prison sentence in the United States, the Associated Press of Pakistan<\/a><\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) Registrar Office put<\/a> on hold the processing of the contempt of court notices<\/a> issued to PM Shehbaz and his cabinet members as the dealing staff decided to ascertain its validity first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IHC Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq on July 21 had issued a contempt of court notice to the entire federal government, including the prime minister and all ministers, for refusing<\/a> to file an amicus brief to support Dr Aafia\u2019s case in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe government is in no way negligent regarding the case of Dr Aafia Siddiqui,\u201d the prime minister was quoted as having said by APP<\/em> in a meeting today with Dr Fouzia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the instructions of PM Shehbaz, the government has previously provided diplomatic and legal assistance in the case of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a statement issued by the PM Office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFurthermore, the prime minister not only wrote a letter to then-US president Joe Biden regarding this issue but also formed a committee headed by Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar to ensure further progress in the matter,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe committee will remain in contact with Dr Fouzia and work to provide the necessary support in this regard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Aafia, a neuroscientist and educator, was convicted by the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on charges of attempted murder of US personnel in Afghanistan and has been serving her sentence<\/a> at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Carswell in the US since 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 12, the IHC expr\u00adessed dissatisfaction<\/a> over the federal government\u2019s failure to submit a report in the case concerning Dr Aafia\u2019s release, health and repatriation, with Justice Ishaq threatening to \u201csummon the entire cabinet\u201d if the report was not presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February, the IHC was told<\/a> that the proposal<\/a> to exchange<\/a> Shakil Afridi for Dr Aafia was unfeasible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The law officer representing the federal government informed the court that Dr Aafia\u2019s American lawyer Clive Smith had suggested the swap, but Pakistan and the US did not have any agreement for such an exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year in October, PM Shehbaz had requested<\/a> that Biden pardon and release Dr Aafia from jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter dated October 13, which has been seen by Dawn.com<\/em>, the prime minister expressed his concerns about Dr Aafia\u2019s \u201cfragile mental and frail physical health\u201d while in prison. \u201cNow 52 years old, she has served 16 years behind bars in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNumerous Pakistani officials have paid consular visits to Dr Siddiqui \u2026 all of them have raised their serious concerns about the treatment she has received,\u201d the letter read. \u201cIn fact, they fear she may take her own life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consequently, the US State Department declined<\/a> to comment on the letter written by PM Shehbaz to the Biden administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a journalist inquired about the letter, spokesperson Vedant Patel had stated: \u201cCertainly, we would not get into private diplomatic communications,\u201d seemingly confirming receipt of the correspondence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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