Judicial commission over memo meets in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the commission formed to investigate the alleged ‘memo’ was underway at the Islamabad High Court building on Monday, FTNews reported.

The commission is headed by Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court Qazi Faez Issa and includes the Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Iqbal Hameed and Sindh High Court Chief Justice Musheer Alam as its members.

Moreover, the commission’s secretary Jawad Abbas on Monday stated that an open court inquiry would be carried out into the memo affair.

Speaking to FTNews, Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq said that the commission would determine the methodology which would be adopted to write a letter to a foreign company in order to obtain records of telephonic conversations between Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani and American businessman Mansoor Ijaz.

Meanwhile, the formation of the commission was challenged by petitioner Shahid Orakzai on Monday. The petitioner stated that the commission’s formation was not in accordance with the constitution.

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Rocket attacks rock Quetta; no causalities reported

QUETTA: Two consecutive rocket attacks on Saturday spread fear in Quetta a day after when a car-bomb blast killed more than a dozen, FTNews reported.

However, according to rescue resources, attacks did not cause any causality.

The first rocket, fired from an unknown location, dropped in a graveyard near Sabzal Road was followed by the second one which dropped in a crop field next to Spinney Road.

Emergency was imposed in two hospitals of the city which was plunged with fear and chaos after the attacks.

Yesterday’s attack near a politician’s residence killed more than a dozen and injured around 30 in the violence-ridden city.

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SC’s hearing on Babar’s remarks on Jan 4

ISLAMABAD: The hearing regarding the alleged insulting press conference by Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Babar Awan on the memo case, would be held on January 4 in the Supreme Court, FTNews reported.

According to the declaration passed by the Supreme Court, the attorney general presented the bill of the press conference of Babar Awan and the response of the prime minister in this regard which was submitted to the court, to the Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.

In this regard, precised written order, the chief justice said that the matter would be dealt with legal measures.

A two-people bench comprising of Justice Ajaz Rahim and Justice Athar Saeed Sheikh, will conduct a hearing on this matter on January 4.

After the declaration of the interim order on the memo case, Babar Awan conducted a press conference along with other leaders of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on December 1 in which he criticized the decision of court.

Meanwhile, Supreme Court has sent the copies of its orders regarding the declaration of the memo case being worthy of hearing, to all the parties.

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