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<\/p>\nAdviser to the PM on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan hoped that US president-elect Joe Biden would make Dr. Aafia Siddiqui\u2019s return possible.<\/p>\n
Babar Awan said this in a meeting with Dr Aafia\u2019s sister Fauzia Siddiqui.<\/p>\n
Dr Aafia, a Pakistani neuroscientist jailed in the United States, was indicted by a New York federal district court in September 2008 on charges of attempted murder and assault, stemming from an incident during an interview with the US authorities in Ghazni, Afghanistan \u2014 charges that she denied.<\/p>\n
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After 18 months in detention, she was tried and convicted in early 2010 and sentenced to 86 years in prison. She has since been imprisoned in the US.<\/p>\n
Awan updated Dr Aafia\u2019s sister on the progress made so far in the case.<\/p>\n
He said addressing the problems of Pakistanis abroad is one of the PTI government\u2019s top priorities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government is working for the return of Pakistanis imprisoned in different countries,\u201d Awan said.<\/p>\n
He said 5,000 Pakistani prisoners had been brought back home so far through the personal efforts of Prime Minister Imran Khan. He called the imprisonment of Dr Aafia a big human rights violation.<\/p>\n
He said the foreign ministry will take up the release of Dr Aafia in the Senate.<\/p>\n
Last month, Awan had informed the Senate that Dr Aafia had signed a clemency petition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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