Islamabad: Asma Jhangir, counsel for former ambassador to the US,
Hussain Haqqani, said Thursday that nation has to build the country as
democratic state rather than security state.
“This is our
country and we have to make it according to real spirit of democracy,
fortunately we have now a democratic parliament so it is our collective
responsibility to turn the country into democratic state rather than
security state”, she said while talking to the media. She claimed that
Hussain Haqqani is innocent but some people want to see him in lock up.
She said that the DG ISI, Ahmed Shuja Pasha is not fit for the
job because he violated institutional mandate to meet Mansoor Ijaz
without any official permission as Ijaz was blaming Pakistan while his
connections are with agencies including RAW.
She expressed that
Mansoor Ijaz could not understand how a piece of paper can damage the
sovereignty of country. Showing confidence in judiciary, she said, “If
the Supreme Court constitutes commission for the probe of Memogate
scandal in constitutional way, I would welcome it,” former President
SCBA added.
She stated that memo is a political issue so judiciary should not interference into the matter.
She
further said US official James johns rejected the role of Hussain
Haqqani in memo scandal case while Mansoor Ijaz already said that memo
written by three Pakistani security officials and Army Chief General
Kayani should take notice on it. Online
