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Paks seeth after US jails scientist for 86 years - More Preds please.
 [BBC] Protests are continuing in Pakistan after a US court jailed a Pakistani scientist for attempted murder.Aafia Siddiqui was sentenced to 86 years for trying to kill US government agents in Afghanistan in 2009. Several thousand people gathered in protest in Peshawar and there were smaller demonstrations in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. Pakistan's prime minister called the sentence unfortunate and said he would take the matter up with US officials. Pakistan's foreign office also condemned the court decision. Nearly 4,000 Jamaat-e-Islami activists demonstrated at Jinnah Park in Peshawar, while hundreds more protested in other parts of the city. In Karachi, police fired shots in the air and tear gas to prevent protesters from marching on the US consulate. Small but vocal groups of demonstrators also chanted anti-American slogans and burnt US flags and effigies of US leaders in Islamabad and Lahore, correspondents say. Posted by: Besoeker 2010-09-24 |
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