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Politicians urged to support Fauzia

AsianetApril 9, 2013 03:32

Pasban Pakistan President Altaf Shakoor has appealed all democratic forces to withdraw their candidates from the national assembly constituency NA250 of Karachi to support Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, the sister of Pakistani mother and global women rights icon Dr Aafia Siddiqui.Altaf Shakoor said the innocent daughter of the nation, Aafia has been languishing in illegal US custody for last 10 years and noted legal experts and human rights activists of whole world, as well as, peace loving people have testified her innocence.

Desert kidnappers offer to swap US hostages for jailed militants

Thomson ReutersJanuary 18, 2013 10:30

NOUAKCHOTT, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked kidnappers who took hundreds of people hostage at a gas plant in Algeria have offered to swap U.S. captives for two militants jailed in the United States, Mauritanian news agency ANI reported. They named the militants they want freed as Pakistani Aafia Siddiqui and Egyptian Omar Abdel-Rahman, known as "The Blind Sheikh", ANI reported, citing the group's spokesman. The report did not say how many U.S. hostages were being held.