Bilawal Bhutto should Assist in Aafia’s Release – Dr. Fowzia Siddiqui
Karachi ( ) Bilawal Bhutto, Aafia appeals to your legacy and the youth implore your leadership, in this time of political crisis mere words and fiery speeches will not expand your support. However an action that is tangible and supported by the emotional and the patriotic, the religious and secular, the poor and the rich is the injustice on Aafia and her outrageous sentence which surpasses all norms of justice.
This was the message delivered at Justice point Park towers Clifton where hundreds of people from different walks of life gathered to register their issues and support for Aafia. We are in this together they said. We all have been victims of some kind of injustice and oppression but Aafia's case is one of Honor, it is our National pride at stake, said Khalid an engineer from NED. Aafia's Case is a National cause. And should be treated on the National level, and Supreme Court should intervene was Naseem's thought. Journalist and professor mass communication Mr. Saleem Mughal said, the media should play an active role and help raise this issue from the masses into the assemblies.
Pasban Pakistan President Altaf Shakoor, Human Right Activist Intekhab Alam Suri, Saleem Mughal, Tariq Jameel, Umar Daraz, Alhaaj Haroon, Faheem-ullah Khan and some other addressed to the meeting.
Doctors, lawyers, students, teachers all came and pledged their support.
At the end of the program supporters held a solidarity March.
