Mansoor Ijaz along with his wife arrived at the Pakistan High Commission in London on the third day of recording his testimony with a judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal, Express News reported Friday.
Before entering the High Commission, Ijaz said that his testimony might conclude today. Ijaz’s wife was also granted the permission to attend the session.
Justice Qazi Faez Isa is heading the commission in the Islamabad High Court. Zahid Bukhari, counsel of former ambassador to United States Hussain Haqqani, and Ijaz’s counsel Akram Sheikh are also present in the court.
During the testimony, Ijaz presented his phone’s bill before the commission. Bukhari raised objections on the bill and said that it does not have Ijaz’s name or his number.
Responding to Bukhari, Ijaz said that the bill could only be shown to the commission’s secretary or the judges in the panel.
Ijaz also presented transcripts of the correspondence done with Haqqani over fax.
Pointing out the bills, Ijaz said that total 14 calls were made from his phone, out of which, 11 conference calls were made during May, 2011, between him, General James and Haqqani.
The commission directed Ijaz that call records from his mobile phone company be obtained and e-mailed to the commission.
Ijaz refused to disclose the details of the remaining three calls.
The judicial commission also ordered the commission’s secretary to protect all the records and evidence provided by Ijaz so that it could be handed over to the commission in Pakistan on his return.
In yesterday’s hearing, Ijaz had admitted that he had authored the first draft of the memo himself and had sent it to General James Jones, to pass on to then-chairman joint chiefs of staff admiral Mike Mullen, without former ambassador Husain Haqqani’s consent.
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To see a non-issue like the memo getting so much attention while all else is put on the backburner is quite tragic. Pakistan is already going through one of the roughest patches in its history. Now there is a likely confrontation between three state institutions — the military, the judiciary and the executive — based on a piece of paper whose origins are not yet known. Turning Pakistan into a laughingstock is something Mansoor Ijaz has already achieved but the real litmus test would be the day he comes here with solid evidence in hand.
Mansoor Iaz and his wife seem to be posing like Paris Hilton in the pictures. Only problem is his wife is a pretty fat for the posing that she has been upto. Not much that Mansoor Ijaz can show off. The guy seems to have to be a wanna be I-banker with hot women around him but i guess because of his looks he only gets Second Best...HAHAH
@Mohammad Ali Siddiqui: "People of Pakistan have become sick and tired of reading in the newspapers and watching every day a new and as usual always a concocted story from Mansoor Ejaz.
I have written time and again on the valued columns of Express Tribune that Mansoor Ejaz is not a Pakistani National, then why he is so much worried about Pakistan"
Siddiqui Saab a couple of points: 1. Ejaz did not write the Financial Times Op Ed out of concern for Pakistan. He simply uses such written Op Ed where he has indicated concerns with big shots in US and other countries to get loans for his business. He is currently being sued for fraud in New York by a bank whom he had misled about his status using such editorials. 2. He can do whatever he wants. What I have not understood is why the Pakistan judges are bending over backwards to accommodate this man, why did army and ISI give him so much credibility (after all in the same editorial where he had referred to the memo, he had said many nasty things about Pak army and ISI) and finally why is media giving this isue so much coverage? If Pakistani judiciary, media and establishment had ignored this man, he would have been nothing.
@Mirza & @Ayesha
Thank you very much for your kind comments.
People of Pakistan have become sick and tired of reading in the newspapers and watching every day a new and as usual always a concocted story from Mansoor Ejaz.
I have written time and again on the valued columns of Express Tribune that Mansoor Ejaz is not a Pakistani National, then why he is so much worried about Pakistan?
In my opinion, he is trying to be more loyal than the King.
Mansoor Ejaz is of the opinion that after writing article in the Financial Times any by giving numerous statements to the Pakistani Media, the sky is going to fall down on Pakistan, it is not going to happen in any way.
This is PAKISTAN and every one of us is made of steel.
No body in the world can break us, what to talk about Mansoor Ejaz who claim to have links with more than 30+ intelligence agencies around the world.
For me, Mansoor Ejaz is just a small fry, and nothing else.
"In yesterday’s hearing, Ijaz had admitted that he had authored the first draft of the memo himself and had sent it to General James Jones, to pass on to then-chairman joint chiefs of staff admiral Mike Mullen, without former ambassador Husain Haqqani’s consent".
So - Haqqani and Ejaz had phone calls. - An email with the memo was sent to Jim Jones by Ejaz (not Hussain Haqqani) - Even Ejaz did not claim that he ever received the draft of the memo via email from Hussain Haqqani. He claimed that the actual drafting of the memo was done by Ejaz based on directions from Haqqani. - Now he admits that the draft sent to Jim Jones was without Haqqani's consent. - Jim Jones already says that when he spoke to Ejaz about the memo, Ejaz never mentioned Haqqani.
How then can Mansoor Ejaz blame Haqqani for the memo that he himself wrote?
@Mohammad Ali Siddiqui: "What else proof the Memo Scandal Commission wants to prove that Mansoor Ejaz is playing with his concocted story, whereas the Obama Administration is keeping silent on this issue and not a single word has come out from State Department, confirming that Mansoor Ejaz is right".
I agree with you and in fact Jim Jones has clearly said that Hussain Haqqani's name was never mentioned to him in conection with the memo. So while no-one has confirmed what Ejaz says , someone has specifically contradicted him.
@Mohammad Ali Siddiqui: Thanks, I could not have said it better. Regards, Mirza
Data of phone calls, facsimile transmission, verbal appearance through video conference and a lot of talks does not mean that Mansoor Ejaz is right.
Not a single document is signed by Hussain Haqqani.
Mansoor Ejaz has admitted that he wrote the memo.
What else proof the Memo Scandal Commission wants to prove that Mansoor Ejaz is playing with his concocted story, whereas the Obama Administration is keeping silent on this issue and not a single word has come out from State Department, confirming that Mansoor Ejaz is right.
Its a media BUBLE, now our open Media is After BALUCHISTAN
It is all rubbish, wasting time,money and energy.
The US double agent has confirmed that he wrote and delivered the memo to the general no doubt about it. If it is the main issue, it is solved case closed. Why is PCO court and rightwing parties in love with this hate monger against Pakistan? It only gives the message to the world that "anybody who spits venom against Pakistan is loved by our generals and courts". More people should follow the example of MI and do what he did to Pakistan. Never was a court where the main criminal actor is acting as prosecutor and friend of judges.
According to him, he drafted the memo but on the will of Haqqani, In the whole testimony there is no any kind of documentary evidence which prove his claim. Testimony is absolutely lack of corroboration.
He is a single witness,testimony of the single witness without any documentary evidence, or corroboration is not acceptable in law.
he had friendly relations with the American ambassador,and according my thinking ,decided to blackmail his friend,he drafted and submitted to james jhon ,then for showing his sympathy,told Haqqani what he did. He waited the time,time came,demanded for,the same was rejected,on this he sent self-drafted memo for publication to the media.
his previous character is also doubtful,he has played such act during the Benazir Bhutto's tenor>He is not dependable,absolutely not.
the fact that memo was authored by ijaz and sent directly to james jones without haqqani's consent raises doubt and goes in favour of mr. haqqani
No harmony,all are confronted , openly creating doubt,benefit of doubt always goes to accused.
Haqqani not Ijaz is on trial or inquiry here. It is worth remembering that. Ijaz won't stick his neck had it not been true.
Mr Mansoor Ejaz has come with clean hands and is producing all evidence. I think he is telling the truth. Now Mr Hussain Haqani should be confronted and cross examined about the evidence in Pakistan
so where is the wifey? cant see her in the pic