In Pakistan, protests are continuing after a US court jailed a Pakistani neuroscientist for attempted murder. Aafia Siddiqui was sentenced to 86 years for trying to kill US government agents in Afghanistan in 2009. Siddiqui was taken into custody in Afghanistan when she grabbed a rifle and opened fire at US soldiers while being interrogated. Several hundred people today took to the streets in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi following protests overnight after news of the sentence.Reports say small but vocal groups of demonstrators chanted anti-American slogans and burnt US flags and effigies of US leaders in Islamabad and Lahore. In Karachi, police fired shots in the air and tear gas to prevent protesters from marching on the US consulate. Pakistan's prime minister called the sentence unfortunate and said he would take the matter up with US officials. Pakistan's foreign office also condemned the court decision.