Times of Islamabad

Pakistan foreign minister for all out diplomatic efforts to bring back Dr Aafia Siddiqui

Pakistan foreign minister for all out diplomatic efforts to bring back Dr Aafia Siddiqui

*MULTAN – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said the Pakistanigovernment will put all possible efforts on diplomatic level to bring DrAafia Siddiqui back to Pakistan.*

While talking to media, the foreign minister vowed,”We will do whatever wecould on diplomatic level to bring back Aafia Siddiqui.”

Qureshi suggested that Aafia’s family would be relieved, if she serves restof her prison term in Pakistan.

Few days earlier, the United States side promised to look into the PTIgovernment’s request, while the issue of respecting the human and legalrights of Dr Aafia Siqqiqui was raised in the meeting at the Ministry ofForeign Affairs with US ambassador Alice Wells.