Aafia Siddiqui

She's been dubbed as "******** of the nation" by Pakistani prime minister, apparently in an effort to appease angry public, after this neuroscientist was convicted and jailed for 86 years in US.

Pakistan's most prominent and extremely reputable newspaper The Dawn has a very pragmatic take on this issue, even though did not directly criticise Ms Siddiqui.

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What's your take on the whole issue?

I think this woman might have not actually done what she is accused of she was certainly not in her stable, logical mind and was overcome by extremist religiosity when she left bustling Pakistan for the caves of Afghanistan.
 

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