Former President of Supreme Court Bar Association and PPP leader
Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan has said the Supreme Court has the authority to
constitute any commission, adding that the verdict on memo case is
according to law and constitution.
Talking to media outside the Supreme Court on Friday, he said that
the parliament is function and the statement of prime minister has
credibility, adding that the parliamentary committee has the authority
to investigate the memo scandal and would take action against the
responsible.
He said that it is confirmed that the secret memo had received by
Mike Mullen and it is a proven fact, adding that if the FIA had started
inquiry into the secret memo then may be the Supreme Court had avoided
to conduct the hearing of secret memo and the Supreme Court would have
to handle the issue of memo carefully.
He said that the Supreme Court has the authority to constitute commission without issuing notice to federation.
He believes Hussain Haqqani when he said that he was not linked with
the memo written to the US officials, but it has been proved that a
letter was sent to the former US military chief Mike Mullen.
Aitzaz Ahsan said that there are examples when commissions
constituted without intimating the federation. He said the parliament
has a role to play in the matter and a committee is already inquiring
into it.
He said that the attorney general was present in the apex court to
represent the federation, adding that when people in the world face
disappointment from the executive and parliament than they contact the
judiciary.SANA
