According to a human rights lawyer, the Pakistani army is not interested in securing her release, as that would implicate them in illegal activities they want to keep hidden.
Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, known globally for his defense of detainees held in U.S. custody, has levelled one of the most serious accusations yet in the long and troubled saga of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. According to him, Pakistan’s military establishment — led at the time by General Pervez Musharraf — “sold” the Pakistani neuroscientist to the United States for reward money.
It is a claim as explosive as it is unsettling. But in a YouTube channel, Smith did not mince words. He directly blamed Musharraf and “corrupt elements” within the security apparatus for handing her over, alleging it was part of a transa
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