Darwaish Dr. Aafia’s Siddiqui story has been haunting most Pakistanis for months now. Famously known as ‘Prisoner 650’ at Bagram Base in Afghanistan, she is one of the missing persons of Pakistan, wanted by FBI on alleged links with Al-Qaeda. Dr. Afia Siddiqui, a highly educated researcher who studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, […]
Adil Najam (ATP Note: On July 11, 2008, Samad Khurram broke his public silence on this episode in an op-ed published in The News. This post has been updated to include the op-ed in full, at the end of the post). Islamabad, from where I write this, is abuzz with talk about Samad Khurram, the […]
Darwaish I am watching television right now and every news channel is reporting the latest interview by Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan. This interview came as a surprise to many people here in Pakistan and is sending shock waves around the world (wait and see after 4th July holiday in US). Dr. Khan, who remains popular […]