巴基斯坦誓言要争取把巴基斯坦神经科学家西迪基遣返回国。星期四，西迪基因为企图枪杀美国派驻在阿富汗的人员而被美国一家法院判处86年监禁。巴基斯坦总理吉拉尼星期五对议会发表讲话时称西迪基是“巴基斯坦的女儿”，并誓言要为她的释放而努力。
这项事实上的终身监禁的判决在巴基斯坦各地掀起了抗议浪潮。在巴基斯坦最大的城市，也是西迪基的家乡卡拉奇，警察发射了催泪瓦斯阻止大群抗议者游行到美国领事馆。在首都伊斯兰堡，高呼反美口号的示威者星期五在试图到达美国大使馆时和警察发生冲突。
西迪基今年2月被判定犯有蓄意谋杀、攻击和其他罪行。检察官说，这名在美国接受过教育的女科学家，2008年在阿富汗接受讯问时，夺过一名美国士兵的枪，向联邦调查局的特工人员开枪。西迪基的律师说，他们将对判决提出上诉。
Pakistan is vowing to fight for the repatriation of a Pakistani neuroscientist sentenced by a U.S. court Thursday to 86 years in prison for trying to kill U.S. personnel in Afghanistan. peaking to parliament Friday, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani called Aafia Siddiqui "the daughter of the nation" and vowed to campaign for her release.
The effective life sentence for Siddiqui has sparked protests across the country. In Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and Siddiqui's hometown, police fired tear gas to prevent a large group of protesters from marching on the U.S. consulate.Demonstrators chanting anti-U.S. slogans also clashed with police Friday in the capital, Islamabad, as they tried to reach the U.S. Embassy.
Siddiqui was convicted in February of attempted murder, assault and other charges. Prosecutors said the American-educated scientist grabbed a U.S. serviceman's gun and shot at FBI agents while she was being questioned in Afghanistan in 2008. Siddiqui's lawyers say they will appeal the verdict.
