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ISLAMABAD: A nine-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed the hearing of the Memogate scandal case on Tuesday, FTNews reported.
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Babar Awan submitted the answer on behalf of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to the Supreme Court through a press conference.
The Chief Justice said that Babar Awan’s press conference was very significant in this case.
Attorney General Maulvi Anwar-ul-Haq said that the former ambassador of Pakistan to the US, Hussain Haqqani had presented his resignation on November 16 in national interest.
The Chief Justice questioned that if the memo was merely a piece of a paper then, what was the task of the ‘parliamentary investigation committee’?
He said the courts cannot just stop working because of the committee and the nation stood united against any compromise on the national security.
The Attorney General said the government was not interested in solving the memo scandal.
However, Justice Shakir Ali said the Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani wanted the fair trial of the memo scandal.
Asma Jahangir, counsel of Hussain Haqqani said that holding Haqqani guilty on the basis of his resignation, is hurting his privilege, as he is innocent until his culpability is proved.
‘Media is proving my client as guilty,’ she added.
Jahangir questioned as to who delegated power to the chief of a secret agency to institute an inquiry against its government.
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