Pakistan's sweetheart

“‘It’s a witch hunt, and it’s got nothing to do with what the truth really is,’ says Attiya Inayatullah, a Pakistani lawmaker with the PML-Q party and a leading advocate for Siddiqui’s cause. ‘You cannot do this to Aafia. It’s nothing but villainy. At a recent candlelight vigil for Aafia, my placard read, ‘FBI gangsters, return our daughter, Aafia.’ Given the symbolic value of Siddiqui’s case, a guilty verdict in New York could cause a firestorm of anti-American sentiment in a country where the U.S is already viewed as a malevolent intruder.”