ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission probing Memogate on Saturday issued notices to respondents including former Pakistan Ambassador to US Husain Haqqani, Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF),Yasin Malik, and Director General (USA) Foreign office Ubaidur Rehman, among others to appear before the commission on April 5, 2012.
Earlier, the commission had asked the Supreme Court to extend the deadline till March 31, 2012, so that Haqqani could appear before the bench.
However, as the deadline passed waiting for a Supreme Court bench to rule on a petition by the former Ambassador to appear before the commission via a video link, it issued orders for a new date for him appear on.
On March 29, the apex court extended the term of judicial commission for another six weeks, observing that the commission’s probe is of high importance but stressed that it should conclude soon.
Cross examine Yasin Malik
On Saturday, Akram Sheikh Counsel for Mansoor Ijaz, the central figure in the case, asked the commission through an application to cross examine JKLF leader Yasin Malik. Malik had on March 26, 2012 recorded his statement wherein he rejected allegations of having met with a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief. The JKLF chief had on record said that Ijaz tried to cheat him into meeting a ‘suspicious’ person in Haryana.
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CJ chaudhry iftikhar has gathered judges just like himself around him. They are busy hounding their political opponents and wasting time over baseless issues. Common people looking for justice is suffering.
It is ironic that Pakistani lawyers, judges, courts and generals are themselves exposing their previous favorite Kashmiri freedom fighters in front of the whole world. It looks like the deep state is selling out its favorite cause. Is this the final solution of Kashmir? HH should not appear before the commission. If it can treat the confessed criminal Mansoor Ijaz like a king then Pakistani citizen who is supposed to be innocent must be treated the same way. With so many rightwing terrorists roaming around there is no reason to come back to Pakistan right away. As far as HH promising the court to come back, the situation has changed, just like the PCO judges had once endorsed the Mush dictatorship then after the firing of CJ they changed.