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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday announced that it would issue a short order at 3:00 pm today on whether to admit or reject requests by Nawaz Sharif and others for a judicial inquiry into the memo scandal, FTNews reported.
Advocate Rasheed A. Razvi and Senator Ishaq Dar presented their arguments in favour of acceptance of the petitions before the nine member bench headed by the Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.
Razvi argued that the existence of the memo could only be ascertained after the investigation. He said that martial law was also against human fundamental rights.
Justice Jawad Khwaja said that national security could be assured after knowing facts, adding that the purpose of the case was to establish facts and not to target former ambassador Husain Haqqani.
Petitioners Barrister Zafarullah of the Watan Party and Advocate Tariq Asad had concluded on Thursday their rebuttals to arguments advanced by Asma Jehangir, the counsel for Haqqani.
Asma Jehangir had already concluded her arguments during Thursday’s hearing.
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