Notes from questions put to Pakistani politicians, today:
To a question about release of Aafia Siddiqui from US prison and future of five Pakistanis imprisoned in Guantanamo bay prison facility in Cuba he told "we are in contact with Obama administration and want Pakistani prisoners therein return to their homes as soon as possible".
Regarding Aafia Siddiqui case Pakistan ambassador in US Hussain Haqqani contacted her on telephone and all out assistance was being provided to her by embassy of Pakistan, he told. Aafia Siddiqui was fully cooperating with her counsel so that she could be defended in the court, he maintained. Efforts are underway at diplomatic and political level to secure release of Aafia Siddiqui on humanitarian grounds, he indicated. "We will soon inform the people about positive outcome in this respect, he added.
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