New York, Oct 2 : A US district judge has reportedly ordered that the Pakistani woman terror suspect, Dr Aafia Siddiqui shall undergo a month-long “medical assessment, treatment and psychological examination” to determine if she was “medically fit and competent” to stand the trial she was facing for allegedly attempting to kill US security men during interrogation after being apprehended in Afghanistan in July.

The US-trained neuroscientist, Dr Aafia was shot in the abdomen by an officer after allegedly grabbing a US soldier''s gun during questioning in July. She was subsequently brought to the US to face charges of attempted murder and assault.

Karachi, Sep 20 : One day is enough to bring American educated Pakistani neuroscientist and terror suspect, Dr Aafia Siddiqui, back to Pakistan if the government takes the issue up seriously, her sister Dr Fauzia has said.

She was talking to reporters after her arrival in Karachi along with Aafia’s son Muhammad Ahmed, who was recently released from custody in Afghanistan.

Dr Fauzia said that they would approach the International Court of Justice if the American courts did not provide a just decision in Aafia’s case.

Islamabad, Sept 15 : After repeated requests from Islamabad, at last Afghanistan government today handed over the custody of Pakistani “terror suspect” Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s son Muhammad Ahmed to Pakistani authorities in Kabul.

It is expected that Muhammad Ahmed will be sent to Pakistan by the first available flight.

New York, Sep 13 : American educated Pakistani neuroscientist and “the most significant” US capture in the fight against terrorism in five years, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, incarcerated in a New York prison, has been diagnosed with a chronic depressive-type psychosis, according to court documents.

Siddiqui, who is accused of attempted murder of American soldiers in Afghanistan, disappeared mysteriously in Pakistan in 2003.

Karachi - The family of a Pakistani scientist in US custody fears she may die before her next hearing on September 22 in New York if urgent medical attention is not provided.

Aafia Siddiqui, 36, a US-educated neuroscientist from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was extradited from Afghanistan after she allegedly seized a rifle from a US Army officer and tried to fire it at the interrogators who arrived in Ghazni, Afghanistan in July to question her about possible terror links.

In the exchange of fire, she was shot in the chest and feet.

Lahore, Sept 10: Officials at the Afghan embassy in Islamabad have claimed that one of the three sons of Pakistan-American neuroscientist Dr Aafia Siddiqi was in Afghan authorities’ custody, and that he would be repatriated to Pakistan only after legal formalities were completed.

Dr Aafia is facing a trial in the US for being a terror suspect, after being arrested in Afghanistan last month. She is being tried for trying to kill American sleuths with a gun after being nabbed in Kabul while moving around in suspicious circumstances.