Islamabad - Afghan authorities on Monday handed over the son of a Pakistani scientist allegedly linked to al-Qaeda held in US custody to Pakistan's embassy in Kabul, officials said.
Aafia Siddiqui, 36, a US-educated neuroscientist, has been charged in a Manhattan court with assault on and attempted murder of her US investigators. She was arrested in Afghanistan's Ghazni province on July 17.
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.
Lahore, Sept 15 : Newly elected Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that in the past whatever steps had been taken to control the spread of terror, they have only worsened the situation.
Calling for a new dialogue to tackle terrorism, he said that he would seek an international conference on the issue at the UN General Assembly later this month.
“Whatever medicine we’ve been using, it hasn’t ended the poison, it’s made it worse,” the Daily Times quoted Zardari as saying in an interview with The Sunday Times.
Zardari said he felt that Pakistan was being blamed for NATO’s failure in Afghanistan.
Lahore, Sept 15: PPP-PML-N relations continue to be sour as Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is said to be not on talking terms with the PPP ministers in his cabinet. The PPP ministers had only a few days back started attending offices after a long gap following straining of the ties between the two parties a couple of months ago.
Sydney, Sept 15 : By going ahead with the Indian tour in the aftermath of Saturday’s serial blasts in New Delhi, Cricket Australia (CA) has shown double standards about the security situation, especially after a few months of canceling the Pakistan series and then Champions Trophy (CT) citing ‘security reasons”, said an article in Pakistani daily The News.
“It was feared that Australian tour to India would also be postponed after the blasts or at least Australian cricketers would express some security concerns. But, nothing such happened and Cricket Australia decided to go ahead with the tour setting aside any affect of recent blasts,” said the article.
Islamabad - Afghan authorities on Monday handed over the son of a Pakistani scientist allegedly linked to al-Qaeda held in US custody to Pakistan's embassy in Kabul, officials said.
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.
PPP-PML-N relations continue to be sour as Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is said to be not on talking terms with the PPP ministers in his cabinet. The PPP ministers had only a few days back started attending offices after a long gap following straining of the ties between the two parties a couple of months ago.
Wana, Sept 15 : An attempt by US troop
