Video link facility should be provided to Haqqani: Gilani

Prime minister says Haqqani should be allowed to record statements in Memogate scandal via video link.


Web Desk April 06, 2012

HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday called for the judicial commission probing the memogate to extend the same facility of video link to former Pakistan ambassador to US, Husain Haqqani as had been provided to Mansoor Ijaz, Express News reported on Friday.

Haqqani had left the country after the judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal permitted him to travel abroad on the condition that he would return to appear before the commission in person on a four day notice. However, Haqqani, citing threats to his life, petitioned that he be allowed to present his testimony via a video link. A Supreme Court panel comprising the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took up the petition.

Provide proof of Hafiz Saeed's involvement in Mumbai attacks

Gilani, speaking to the media in Hyderabad, also commented on a US bounty placed on Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed and said that Pakistan maintained bilateral relations with both India and the US which it does not want to hurt. “If they have proof [of Saeed’s involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attack], then they should provide it to us.”

He also said that it was Pakistan’s internal matter and the “Foreign Office has also given a policy statement on it”.

COMMENTS (14)

Lubna | 11 years ago | Reply

Memo commission is trying to find out something out of nothing, making this country a laughing stock. Rather than trying Mansoor Ijaz we are making mockery of our own former ambassador that is hilarious. Mansoor Ijaz constantly failed to provide any solid evidence against Hussain Haqqani. On the other hand Hussain Haqqani willingly submitted his portfolio for free, fair and impartial investigation. Mansoor Ijaz lost nothing so far but Pakistan has lost much. We have lost our best mouth in Washington. For a moment we suppose that if Mansoor Ijaz proved a liar and conspirator, what will be the compensation for Hussain Haqqani. Memo commission who is extending olive branch to Mansoor Ijaz must answer this question. All this fuss is about witch hunting of PPP government andHussain Haqqan

Noureen | 11 years ago | Reply

The PCO SC judges can only bend over backwards for a rich American foreign agent and not treat him Hussain Haqqani equal. If the court cannot treat them equal then there is no reason to believe that they would provide justice. Even a dumb person knows that HussainHaqqani is innocent till proven guilty. It is not his duty to prove his innocence but the prosecutor to prove his guilt. Even after it is proven that Hussain Haqqani wrote and sent (which Mansoor Ijaz admits doing) the memo even then the malice and intentions have to be proven. By demanding equal treatment from the court Hussain Haqqani and his lawyer has exposed the bias of the court which has been working not as neutral judges but prosecutors who have made the confessed writer and carrier of the memo and an open enemy of Pakistan as their darling witness. A man of Mansoor Ijaz’s character would have no credibility in any other country’s court.

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