Why women marchers were uneasy on mention of Aafia Siddiqui, asks Vero Kolhi.

HYDERABAD -- Presidential Award holder human rights activist and leader of women wing of Pakistan Democratic Party (PDP) Vero Kolhi has asked why the organizers of the recent women march were uneasy when they mentioned the issue of illegal detention of noted Pakistani woman scientist and mother Dr Aafia Siddiqui. Addressing a press conference here at the Hyderabad Press Club (HPC) on Tuesday, she said that they went from Hyderabad to Karachi to raise the women rights issue of Dr Aafia but the organizers of the Aurat march and police guarding them misbehaved with them. She...

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