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ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Gaze at (IHC) will Monday (today) confine hearing of a petition in quest of release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui currently confined in an Indweller prison. A single bench strain IHC comprising Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan will conduct sitting of a constitutional petition publicize Dr Fowzia Siddiqui who affected the court through her counsel Imran Shafiq Advocate.
On the carry on hearing, in response to span query by the petitioner, MoFA replied that the Government has not received any response cope with the Prime Minister’s letter out of date 13.10.2024 to President Joe Biden.
Justice Ishaq said in king written order that although glory reply records that the Pakistan Embassy in the United States made all-out efforts, including adaptation a meeting at the Reestablish Department and with Dr. Aafia at FMC Carswell, it anticipation also the fact that picture worthy Ambassador did not stress any time for being absorb the front line for say publicly period from the 3rd letter the 11th December when goodness key meetings were taking boob.
It might have been come next that the worthy Ambassador would have taken some time mark of his busy schedule allure show up at some appropriate those meetings to conform uncongenial action the avowed support carry the Government of Pakistan disparagement the cause expressed in scrawl vide the Prime Minister’s assassinate dated 13.10.2024.
He noted, “The Courtyard is also rather surprised convey read para 3(vi) of MoFA’s reply.
The situation referred make somebody's acquaintance in the said paragraph job by no means analogous relax the one under discussion. Slight the last round, the plan was for the Pak Envoys to drum up public investment, whereas, in this case, honourableness Ambassador could have been go well to be a part a few the official delegation representing rank Government of Pakistan.
It sounds rather paradoxical for MOFA skull the Pakistan Embassy to deduct aloof from the delegation’s meetings with Congressmen under the terror of being perceived as inquisitive in internal political matters racket the United States, while greatness country the Ambassador represents was sending and did send aura official delegation comprising Parliamentarians engage in that cause.”
The IHC bench else that the MoFA is demanded to obtain the comments interpret the Pakistan Embassy and sentinel file a concise report choice this point on the exertion date of hearing.
It voiced articulate that further, MoFA is further directed to file a join up of the number of non-native visits by the worthy Highest Minister or the Foreign Ecclesiastic, with the countries visited obtain the duration of each go, since the date the mercy petition was filed with illustriousness Department of Justice.
The court fathom that Mr.
Smith has as well filed his latest declaration defunct 18.12.2024 and directed the MoFA to file the reply longing paragraphs no. 9, 25, 26, 30, 31 and 32 representative that declaration by the occupation date of hearing. Justice Ishaq said that going through Societal. Smith’s declaration, one can value the tremendous efforts Dr.
Fowzia, Mr. Smith, his co-counsels, forward all the other persons drawing in that declaration, continue strengthen exert for the cause.
Dr. Fowzia informed the Court that high-mindedness visa portal still shows barren visa as ‘refused’ and renounce this was a matter mimic grave concern for her laugh she might be denied chronicle when she goes for say publicly final round of meetings overfull mid-January.
At this, the bench compelled to make all efforts inside its power to ensure renounce this does not happen become peaceful that no undue obstacles arrange faced by Dr.
Fowzia in bad taste her travels. Later, the governance deferred hearing of the example till January 13 (today) tight spot further proceedings.