Aafia Siddiqui: Doctor accused of terrorism calls for presidential pardon before Biden hands over to Trump Aafia Siddiqui's lawyer has submitted a dossier to outgoing president Joe Biden in the hope he will pardon her for what he says is a blatant miscarriage of justice. She was jailed in 2010 for attempting to murder an FBI agent in Afghanistan.

January 18, 2025 and   

(Sky News) A Pakistani neuroscientist held in US custody has told Sky News she has hope she will be freed after “new evidence” emerged which may suggest her innocence.

Dr Aafia Siddiqui, 52, was once one of the most wanted women in the world for her alleged links to al Qaeda’s leadership and was jailed for 86 years in 2010 for attempting to murder an FBI agent in Afghanistan.

Dr Siddiqui, dubbed “Lady al Qaeda” by her critics, has maintained her innocence and hopes the tide could now be turning.

“I hope I am not forgotten, and I hope that one day soon I will be released,” she exclusively told Sky News, through her lawyer.

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