KARACHI: Pakistan woman scientist, educationalist and mother, Dr Aafia Siddiqui, awaits justice as the world observes the International Peace Day on Wednesday, September 21.
The Day’s theme for 2016 is “The Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace.”
Justice, equity, respect to human rights and civil liberties, right to fair trial and respect to the rights of women and mothers and uniting families pose challenges for peace and create fertile grounds for conflict but Dr Aafia Siddiqui is deprived of all these rights.
She along with her minor children was kidnapped from a street of Karachi, sold for dollars and trafficked outside the country. She was a victim of human trafficking, herself, but instead she was criminalized in blatant violation of all norms of law and justice. Her basic rights as a human being were not recognized.
Aafia Movement convener Dr Fouzia Siddiqui, on the occasion of the international day of peace, said that the case of Dr Aafia Siddiqui is a textbook example of murder of justice to achieve political designs. The history could quote this case as a meek surrender of justice before immense political pressure.
She said the mission of her sister, Aafia, was to promote peace, education and development in Pakistani society. She is considered as the daughter of nation in Pakistan and she has already become a global icon of human rights, peace and mothers’ rights. Right activists and civil societies in different parts of the country have been demanding her early release, and the governments of Pakistan and United States of America should respect these genuine concerns of the global civil society.
Dr Fouzia hoped that the Prime Minister of Pakistan Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in his address to the General Assembly would also raise the issue of Aafia, and also communicate the concerns of Pakistanis to the US administration over the issue Aafia Issue.
She said to honor the world peace and promote better understanding between nations, especially the US and Pakistan, it is a golden opportunity to dole out justice to Dr Aafia.
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