Sir: I would like to appreciate the Supreme Court, which on Thursday directed the Pakistani Consulate in Washington to submit within three days a report on the imprisoned Dr. Aafia Siddiqui.’ A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar was hearing a petition filed by Aafia Siddiqui’s sister Dr Fouzia Siddiqui. Fouzia told the bench that Pakistani Consul General Aisha Farooqui recently visited Aafia Siddiqui in a Texas prison. The chief justice, however, said that there were rumours of the imprisoned scientist’s death. The chief justice said that Pakistan’s Embassy in Washington should tell whether Dr Aafia is even alive. “Let the Pakistan Embassy in Washington file a report within three days on the matter,” he remarked. Aafia Siddiqui was indicted by a New York Federal District Court in September 2008 on charges of attempted murder and assault stemming from an incident in an interview with US authorities in Ghazni, charges that Siddiqui denied. I hope that she can be freed soon, and that she can return to her family. JALIB JUSKY Via E-mail Published in Daily Times, June 10th 2018.