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Pak Consul General meets Afia in Texas jail
WASHINGTON: Pakistani Consul General in Houston Aqil Nadeem visited jailed Pakistani scientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in Carswell detention facility in Texas on Friday, Geo News reported.In a two-hour meeting, Ms Siddiqui informed the consul general that she was health-wise fine and was pleased to speak by phone to her mother and children in Karachi on Thursday.
A Pakistani embassy official said that Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s meeting with her brother at her request would also be arranged soon.
The consul general informed Ms Siddiqui that the Pakistani embassy in Washington had coordinated consular access for her through the concerned authorities.
Dr. Siddiqui asked the diplomat to convey her thanks to Ambassador Haqqani for his concern for her welfare, the official said.
Courtesy www.geo.tv