KARACHI – News that an American court has found Pakistani scientist Aafia Siddiqui guilty of trying to kill U.S. servicemen in Afghanistan drew rebuke from her family and lawmakers.

“We are not shocked by this judgment. What else could we expect from a U.S. court,” Fozia Siddiqui, an elder sister of Aafia, told IslamOnline.net on Thursday, February 4.

“This verdict has exposed the U.S. judicial system, which cannot provide justice to innocent people. This is a humiliation for American nation too.”

A U.S. jury on Wednesday, February 3, found Aafia guilty of grabbing a rifle at an Afghan police station where she was being interrogated in July 2008 and trying to gun down U.S. servicemen.

She could face life in prison when sentenced on May 6.

“This is not a verdict. In fact, this is a slap on the face of the entire Muslim Ummah, especially Pakistan, which has been a close ally of the U.S. in the so-called war on terror,” Fozia said.

She rejects the accusations leveled at her sister.

“This is a pack of lies. Everybody knows that she was kidnapped by the Pakistani intelligence agencies at the behest of General Pervez Musharraf,” she said. “He later handed her over to Americans, who took her to Afghanistan, where she was detained and tortured for many months.”

A recent report submitted by an investigation officer appointed by the government following a high court order concluded Aafia was kidnapped by FBI agents while she was on her way to Karachi airport to leave for Islamabad in 2004.

The Siddiqui family accused the Pakistani government of failing to defend its own citizens.

Fozia suggested Pakistan should close down supplies to the NATO troops fighting in war-ravaged Afghanistan.

“If Pakistani government today stops supplies to the NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan, my sister would be with us within next three days.”