TEXAS – Dr Fowzia Siddiqui met her sister and Pakistani scientist Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who is currently imprisoned in Fort Worth town of the US, after a long wait of 2 decades.
Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a US citizen of Pakistani origin, has not been in contact with any of her family members for the last decade until recent development as her sister travelled to Texas to meet her.
The meeting was held in Fort Worth town of the US where Siddiqui is currently detained, reports suggest while British attorney Clive Stafford Smith also joined Dr. Fowzia for the rare meeting.
Siddiqui was finally able to see any of her family members as she was recently granted the right to meet her family. It has been learnt that the meeting between Siddiqui sisters continued for 2.5 hours.
JI Senator Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, in his tweet, said sisters met in a room separated by glass wall while they were not allowed to exchange any gifts. Quoting Dr. Fowzia, he said Aafia is not in a good condition and is not aware of the death of his mother, who passed away last year.
Earlier, the US administration granted a visa to Dr Fowzia Siddique to meet Aafia, a graduate of MIT, who was arrested by the US forces for her suspected links to Al Qaeda and was given an 86-year sentence in 2010 for attempted murder. She is serving this sentence at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Carswell in Texas.
Shortly after the arrest of alleged 9/11 architect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, whose nephew Siddiqui was married to, Dr Aafia and her three children disappeared in the port city of Karachi.
Five years later, she appeared in neighbouring Afghanistan, where she was arrested by local forces in the restive southeastern province of Ghazni and later handed to US forces who questioned her.
It is unclear where Dr Aafia was between her 2003 disappearance in Pakistan and her 2008 reappearance in Afghanistan, with her supporters claiming she was the victim of a secret Pakistan-US plot.
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At her trial in New York in 2010, she said she was detained for a "long time" in a "secret prison" in Afghanistan. Her supporters said she was the "ghost prisoner" in Bagram, serial number 650, but this is denied by the US.
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KARACHI - Following are the foreign currency exchange rates for US Dollar, Saudi Riyal, UK Pound Sterling, U.A.E. Dirham, European Euro, and other foreign currencies in Pakistan open market on September 29, 2023 (Friday).
Source: Forex Association of Pakistan. (last update 09:00 AM)
Currency | Symbol | Buying | Selling |
US Dollar | USD | 286.05 | 289.15 |
Euro | EUR | 307 | 310 |
UK Pound Sterling | GBP | 353.3 | 357 |
U.A.E Dirham | AED | 80 | 80.8 |
Saudi Riyal | SAR | 76 | 76.75 |
Australian Dollar | AUD | 189 | 191 |
Bahrain Dinar | BHD | 778.84 | 786.84 |
Canadian Dollar | CAD | 220 | 222.2 |
China Yuan | CNY | 40.24 | 40.64 |
Danish Krone | DKK | 41.83 | 42.23 |
Hong Kong Dollar | HKD | 37.93 | 38.28 |
Indian Rupee | INR | 3.57 | 3.68 |
Japanese Yen | JPY | 1.63 | 1.71 |
Kuwaiti Dinar | KWD | 945.27 | 954.27 |
Malaysian Ringgit | MYR | 62.62 | 63.22 |
New Zealand Dollar | NZD | 174.58 | 176.58 |
Norwegians Krone | NOK | 27.87 | 28.17 |
Omani Riyal | OMR | 762.31 | 770.31 |
Qatari Riyal | QAR | 80.69 | 81.39 |
Singapore Dollar | SGD | 208 | 210 |
Swedish Korona | SEK | 26.62 | 26.92 |
Swiss Franc | CHF | 323.01 | 325.51 |
Thai Bhat | THB | 8.12 | 8.27 |
KARACHI - The price of a single tola of 24-karat gold in Pakistan is Rs 205,600 on Friday.
The price of 10 grams of 24k gold was recorded at Rs 176,270. Likewise, 10 grams of 22k gold were being traded for Rs168,730 while a single tola of 22-karat gold was being sold at Rs196,807.
Note: The gold rate in Pakistan is fluctuating according to the international market so the price is never been fixed. The below rates are provided by local gold markets and Sarafa Markets of different cities.
City | Gold | Silver |
Lahore | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Karachi | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Islamabad | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Peshawar | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Quetta | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Sialkot | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Attock | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Gujranwala | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Jehlum | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Multan | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Bahawalpur | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Gujrat | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Nawabshah | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Chakwal | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Hyderabad | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Nowshehra | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Sargodha | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Faisalabad | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
Mirpur | PKR 205,600 | PKR 2,465 |
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