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Dr Aafia’s case hearing adjourned until 30th

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday postponed until October 30 the hearing of a petition seeking directions for the federal government to refer Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). A deputy attorney general on Tuesday appeared on behalf of the Interior Ministry and said the case could not be referred to the ICJ without the consent of the United States and Afghanistan. The petitioner, Barrister Iqbal Jaffery, pleaded that there was no need to get the consent of the countries in question as Pakistan could move the ICJ on its own. He submitted that the government laid aside a huge amount to fight the case while it did not bother to write a letter to the ICJ to take up the matter. He asked the court to restrain the government from spending such a huge amount to contest the case. According to Aafia’s family, she was arrested from and was taken to Afghanistan. They claim that she was later taken to the US, where she is on trial for the attempted murder of two US investigators. staff report

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