By Malik Asad
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has expr颅essed dissatisfaction over federal government鈥檚 failure to submit a report in the case concerning the release, health and repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui.
Dr Siddiqui, a neuroscientist, has been imprisoned in the United States since 2008 after being convicted on charges of attempted murder of US personnel in Afghanistan.
When the petition filed by her sister Dr Fawzia Siddiqui came up for hearing, Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan grilled Additional Attorney General Rashid Hafeez over delay in submission of government鈥檚 response to the case.
The court noted that the government had been asked in June to submit a response but it did not file it till date.
鈥淚f the federal government鈥檚 report is not presented in my court, I will summon the entire cabinet. Why not initiate contempt of court proceedings against all ministers in the federal cabinet, including the prime minister?鈥 he remarked.
However, the additional attorney general requested for fi