Unidentified men torture watchman at Aafia Siddiqui's residence

KARACHI: Unidentified armed men raided the residence of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani scientist imprisoned in the US, in Gulshan-e-Iqbal early Tuesdy morning and tortured the watchman.

According to Dr Siddiqui's family, three unknown men arrived at their residence at around 3:00 a.m and tied the watchman with ropes.

The family claimed that the gunmen tortured the watchman to extract information about the daily routines of Dr Aafia's two children.

The assailants also forced the watchman to provide them information about Dr Fauzia, sister of Dr Aafia and other family members. The family said that they came to know about the incident in the morning and rushed the watchman to hospital.