nationality criminal_penalty alma_mater other_names spouse image place_of_arrest name boards date_of_arrest criminal_charge native_name_lang birth_place height criminal_status religion weight native_name article_title
pakistani convicted ; sentenced to 86 years in prison massachusetts -lrb- phd -rrb- institute of technology -lrb- bs -rrb- brandeis university `` baghram '' , `` lady al-qaeda '' prisoner 650 '' , `` grey lady of amjad -rrb- -lrb- divorced -rrb- mohammed khan -lrb- 1995 -- 21 october 2002 afia-grad-01a . jpg ghazni , afghanistan aafia siddiqui institute of islamic research and teaching -lrb- president -rrb- 17 july 2008 attempted murder , assault with a deadly weapon ur karachi , sindh , pakistan 5 4 m held texas , united states in the fmc carswell , fort worth , sunni islam 90 lb kg -lrb- at time of arraignment -rrb- عافیہ صدیقی aafia siddiqui

aafia siddiqui

aafia siddiqui -lrb- ; ; born 2 march 1972 -rrb- is a pakistani who studied neuroscience in the united states .
she immigrated to the us in 1990 and obtained a ph.d. from brandeis university in 2001 .
in early 2003 , during the 2001 afghanistan war caused by a conflict between united states and al-qaeda , siddiqui returned to pakistan .
in march 2003 , she was named as a courier and financier for al-qaeda by khalid sheikh muhammad and was placed on a `` wanted for questioning '' list by the american fbi .
she subsequently disappeared until she was arrested in ghazni , afghanistan , by afghan police , 17 july 2008 , with documents and notes for making bombs plus containers of sodium cyanide .
she was held for questioning .
siddiqui was shot in the torso the next day by visiting u.s. fbi and army personnel , after they allege she shot them with a rifle one of the interrogators had placed on the floor .
siddiqui was flown by the fbi to new york and indicted in new york federal district court in september 2008 , on charges of assault and attempted murder of a united states army captain in the police station in ghazni , afghanistan .
siddiqui denied the charges .
after 18 months in detention , she was tried and convicted 3 february 2010 and sentenced later that year to 86 years in prison .
in pakistan , siddiqui had by then become a symbol of victimization .
in march 2010 , after her conviction , both the prime minister gilani and opposition leader nawaz sharif promised in unity to push for her release .
pakistani news media called the trial a `` farce , '' while other pakistanis labeled this reaction `` knee-jerk pakistani nationalism '' .
