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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday revealed that Dr Afia Siddiqui did not want to contact her family.
The FO further told that 300 minutes per month were allotted to Ms Siddqui to contact her family, however, she did not want to do it herself.
“The office has informed her family regarding her choice”, added the statement. If she did not want to establish contact, the statement said, she could not be forced to do so.
Last summer, the IHC directed the Foreign Ministry to facilitate Dr Aafia’s family in securing a visa for the US, so they could visit the country and see her.
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Dr Aafia 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 — charges that she denied.
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 an American jail.
