KARACHI – *Dr Fowzia Siddiqui responds over reports of sister Dr AafiaSiddiqui refusal to come back to Pakistan.*
Dr Fowzia Siddiqui has said that her sister, Dr Aafia Siddiqui, wants toreturn home and a recent statement of Foreign Office (FO) spokesman DrMuhammad Faisal seems to be based on some misunderstandings.
In a statement on Wednesday, she said that according to her knowledge,Pakistani Counsel General Ayesha Farooqui had met Dr Aafia a few days backand Dr Aafia had told her that she wanted to return home.
She had also requested Prime Minister Imran Khan to play his role so thatshe could come out of this jail, where she faces both physical and sexualabuse.
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Dr Fowzia said that recently the government circles had shared a letter ofDr Aafia with media addressed to PM Imran in which she had called him ‘herhero’ and requested him to help in her repatriation as she was bravinginhuman conditions in the US jail.
She said that in these circumstances the statement of Dr Faisal seems to bebased on misunderstandings and it is against realities.
