The case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a U.S.-trained neuroscientist who has been charged with attempted murder and ties to al-Qaeda, continues to anger Pakistanis, many of whom who are sure she has been framed by the United States and abandoned by their government.
This editorial from Pakistan’s The Nation well illustrates not only mistrust of the United States, but the deeply-held conviction that the civilian government is an impotent American shill unable and unwilling to defend Pakistan’s interests.
The editorial from The Nation says in part:
Qamar Zaman Kaira, the minister for Information and Broadcasting, shot his mouth off during a meeting with journalists the case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. It was really shocking to hear him say that the government wouldn’t ask the U.S. to repatriate her. His comment flies in the face of popular sentiment and greatly embarrasses those calling out to have this hapless woman rescued.
Would Mr. Kaira have said the same if his own daughter had met with such a fate? His callous disregard for this daughter of the nation, demonized as a terrorist by the United States in order to sling mud at the dignity and credibility of the Pakistani public and Diaspora, is condemnable. Has he any idea of the suffering of her children who have disappeared and her family, all because of the groundless theory that she single-handedly tried to assassinate a group of U.S. commandos in Afghanistan? Was he just too timid to annoy the Americans?
READ ON AT WORLDMEETS.US, your most trusted translator and aggregator of foreign news and views about our nation.
