ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission probing the Memogate case summoned President Asif Ali Zardari, Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Director General Inter-Services Intelligence (DG-ISI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif on January 9, Express News reported on Wednesday.
The commission’s first meeting on Thursday was presided over by Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, where in the decision was taken to issue notices to all the relevant parties involved and petitioners in the case.
Secretary commission Jawad Abbas Hassan issued notices to DG-ISI Shuja Pasha, Husain Haqqani, US citizen Mansoor Ijaz and others to present themselves in court on January 9.
The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan had earlier, too, issued a notice to the president but he did not submit his reply to the court.
Earlier on Thursday SC had issued contempt of court notices to Babar Awan and other PPP leaders who were present at a press conference on the memo case.
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders who have been issued similar notices by the court includes Khursheed Shah, Firdous Ashiq Awan and Qamar Zaman Kaira.
Awan and the others were now expected to submit their explanatory replies to the court by January 13.
The orders were issued today by a Supreme Court two member bench comprising of Justice Ijaz Afzal and Justice Ather Saeed.
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@Allah dad...you have any news where is the parliment? if you have please reply me.
As the memo was not signed by any person in Govt, it was a worthless piece of paper. Why would Haqqany choose an alien journalist to deliver it when he could have met Mullen to hand it over? As an Ambassador, he must have met Mullen a few dozen times ‘officially’ to hand it over. On the other hand, institutions like ISI would need goofy carriers and could use such a route. According to me, viewing from far-off city away from Pakistan or USA, I think it has all the hallmarks of an ‘inside’ job. I honestly wonder why Haqqani was ‘instructed’ to quit as emphasized by PM’s office!
Well long suspense, shouldn't Zardari go to court and says he is not responsible for it and then everything will fall down.Why he is afraid to face the court.
Democracy! We all love democrachy, dont we? Our respected leaders please let democracy fourish in this country and for this we should strengthen pillars of a democratic sovereign state. Judiciary is one of them. Respect SC ruling and let give deomocracy a chance in this country. Those who dont respect judicial supermacy have no right to be claim democratic.
Mike Mullen confirmed that he received memo, but he ignored it being incredible and did not proceed. When recipient saying not credible why so much mess in in Pakistan and Supreme court. Mansoor Ejaz is patent lier. He lied about Osamas agreed arrest in Sudan,about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. He lied about Iran having already made atom bomb. He lied about ISI being rouge agency spreading terrorism like cancer in same article of Financial times.Should we believe him.
@Ch Allah Daad: Chaudhary sahib, may I suggest that you actually read the constitution pertaining to Presidential Immunity.. maybe then you shall be in a better position to comment....
@Kulamarva Balakrishna: Why don't you go TTTMM your country for once!
@Abbas from the US aww..unlike US supreme court,our judges are not appointed for life :) CJ will retire next year..here checkout [the retirement dates][1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SupremeCourtof_Pakistan#Justices
enough is enough, where to get the justice when Judges and courts already made their mind before trial ... thats what hapend to bhutto too ... it will be the beginig of the end if another injustice happend
Zardari should be prosecuted.
@SalSal:
So who decides what is treason? The court or the elected representatives. The court is answerable to no one the CJ and the justices have life term jobs. The elected representatives can be voted out.
Memogate is giving Pakistan a bad name. Everybody should cooperate with the commission so that truth come out as soon as possible. It is a quastion of the Honour of Pakistan
this supreem court judges will be gone but Zardari and bhutoos will be here if any one considers this court anything more than a anti zardari league then he is mistaken
@ Falcon, you are right, no one is above law, but according to constitution its duty of parliament to impeach him if he breaks any law. Parliament is the only and proper forum to punish sitting President.. If Parliament refuses to do so, it means he has done nothing wrong. If voters think Parliament did not do its job, they should nott elect its memebers next time.
@Ch Allah Daad: President doesn't have immunity against every potential crime, because if that was the case, he would be considered above the law.
@Ch Allah Daad He doesn't have immunity If he's guilty of TREASON!!!
This is too fast a trial. SC ' must move with decency ,so the honour to Presidency can be preserved .
President of Pakistan has immunity, its violation of constituion to drag him in these matters. How many times higher courts have summoned military dictators. He should not go, instead he should send judicial reference against this tribunal and those who formed it. Enogh is enough.
Vienna,January 4,2012 Comments should await the conclusion.No at the middle of the drama applause or heckling please.Expect a comedy. Taravadu Taranga Trust for Media Monitoring TTTMM India --Kulamarva Balakrishna
SC is having fun messing with the government and what people cheering the SC on the streets don’t realise that this is at the expense of justice to the ordinary person.
These people have done nothing in their tenure but now wants to become SEASI SHAHEED, doing desperate acts to achieve their ends. The politicians who have no respect for Courts does not deserve to do politics in Pakistan, people of Pakistan should punish them with their votes.
Asma jahagir was just being personal about it, ha
Clash of the titans aboard the Titanic of Pakistani democracy..
Now it's very much clear that all this drama is being created to get rid of Zardari. I am not a political activist or a PPP supporter by I believe this is a very biased proceedings. Please give us a break!!
There u go
he will not go
Supreme Court khappay.