New York (CNN) -- Pakistan's foreign minister expressed disappointment Friday over what he called "a very harsh sentence" for a Pakistani scientist convicted of attempting to kill Americans in Afghanistan. A federal judge issued Thursday the 86-year sentence for Aafia Siddiqui, who was convicted by a jury in February on seven charges, including attempted murder and armed assault on U.S. officers. "I think she has not been given the benefit of the doubt," Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi told CNN Friday. "But she does have a right to appeal. I'm sure her family and the government will consult and will think of going with the appeal."
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Aafia Siddiqui was sentenced to 86 years in prison
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She was convicted in February of attempting to kill Americans
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Pakistan's foreign minister calls the sentence "very harsh"
"I don't want any violence in my name," Siddiqui said of the demonstrations in @placeholder, where her case has become a cause celebre.