Pak diplomat meets Aafia Siddiqui

She also demanded that she be provided halal food and a copy of the Holy Quran and local timings for prayers as well as a good female doctor. Hussain said he conveyed these demands to the US authorities who promised to provide these facilities to her.

Hussain said she voiced her concern over her three US-born children and her mother.

At the start of the meeting, he said Ms Siddiqui looked bewildered and depressed but as the conversation proceeded she gain some confidence and felt a little better.

Regarding charges against her, she did not confide to the counsellor anything on the advice of her attorney.