ISLAMABAD:
The counsel for Mansoor Ijaz has requested the Supreme Court that former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani’s case be heard after April 20, although the hearing has already been fixed for April 19.
Akram Sheikh stated in his application that he had been granted general adjournment for all his cases from April 19-20 in order for him to have a medical check-up abroad, and that he had already left for the US for this purpose. He added that his presence was necessary for the hearing and disposal of Haqqani’s case.
The application, therefore, requested the court to take up the case after April 20.
It added that Haqqani had “unleashed a campaign of contempt against the commission as well as interference with the possible outcome of an instant petition”. As the counsel for Ijaz, the key player in the memo scandal, Sheikh said his appearance in the case was essential in order to bring relevant material on record, and to make a submission on the behalf of Ijaz for a just and proper decision regarding the recording of Haqqani’s testimony.
The application lambasted Haqqani’s “flouting of court orders”, saying that while the court had only permitted him to travel abroad on the condition that he would return within four days of a notification from the SC or the inquiry commission, he had not complied with this condition in spite of orders passed on March 1 and March 2. The court had provided this permission in an order dated January 30.
It added that he was, therefore, not entitled to any indulgence from the court.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 15th, 2012.
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Data of phone calls, facsimile transmission, verbal appearance through video conference and a lot of talks does not mean that Mansoor Ijaz is right. Not a single document is signed by Hussain Haqqani. Mansoor Ijaz has admitted that he wrote the memo. What else proof the Memo Scandal Commission wants to prove that Mansoor Ijaz 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 Ijaz is right.
All are equal in the eye of law. Courts should not use Principles of Justice selectively; this is again a test for SC to show its neutrality. SC is eager to bend backwards for all those who are against PPP government, this cannot be characterized as Justice and this is not good for SC reputation and reputation of Pakistan and this must come to halt. Sense and sensibility must prevail. If someone from PPP or any other party breaks law that person must be punished fairly according to law. This habit of pretrial to malign the government must end. What will historian write about this? In this particular case (memo-gate) SC has jumped in unnecessarily, may be due to being over zealous, this was bad decision and this will hurt the reputation of SC at the end.
When I heard statement of Mansoor Ijaz about Yasin Malik I broke into laugh. Another victim of Mansoor Ijaz’s self coined story, I suggest him to write plays and movies because he is such a witty story writers. How cunningly he intertwines stories that our apex court is forced to believe. I could not stop myself praising Mansoor Ijaz for his self coined stories. I am afraid that Mansoor Ijaz may come with a new story about Obama sooner or later. Infact Judiciary has made Pakistan a laughing stock. We are a national with no self respect, no wisdom and no sense that any one from the any part of the country could blame our prestigious personalities. We are 24/7 ready to find out such stories and ready to react at once without thinking and analyzing the facts and evidences. May God show mercy on us.
Why so much fuss over a piece of unsigned paper without concrete evidence? It seems that our judiciary is so free that it has nothing to do except meddling in the national affairs. The most hilarious thing which I perceived is that Mansoor Ijaz has no moral grounds even in USA and no one is ready to believe what he says or do but our judiciary presented him as a hero, who is even not a villain in real. Check out his level of propaganda against Pakistan’s national interest. Mansoor Ijaz said that even though he had written an article alleging Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan of stealing nuclear secrets, he was not inherently against Pakistan’s nuclear program.” Good news, he is not against Pakistan, army, ISI, Govt, or nuclear program, he only writes against it and spits venom about it on TV. He is confessing to be related to two dozen foreign agencies, yet our SC and HC would go to any length to authenticate his statements. How many judges of high judiciary are chasing and fooled by this infamous agent?