IHC instructs FO to provide legal assistance for Dr Afia's release.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday instructed the Foreign Office (FO) to provide legal assistance to petitioner Dr Fauzia Saddiqui in a case seeking measures for release of her sister Dr Afia Saddiqui from a United States jail.

Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq Khan heard the petition filed by Dr Fauzia Saddiqui. The Additional Attorney General informed the court that the matter had been taken up at the diplomatic and government officials had a meeting with the acting US ambassador in that regard.

The court remarked that it was seventh or...

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