Islamabad: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Thursday hinted
at formation of a judicial commission to probe memogate scandal.
Nine-judge bench of the apex court headed by the CJ resumed hearing into the memogate case here.
When
the hearing of the memo case resumed, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad
Chaudhry said, after Asma s reservations, that a high-level judicial
commission can be formed for the memo inquiry if Hussain Haqqani doesn t
have objection to it.
The Chief Justice said that Hussain
Haqqani had expressed full trust in the Apex Court while having no
objection to an inquiry to find out the truth.
Asma Jehangir,
the counsel for ex-envoy Hussain Haqqani, told the court that her client
was being kept with security and she didn’t have free and easy access
to him. She said it would take her two to three days to see her client.
The Chief Justice said PM Gilani first of all ordered memo
inquiry, meaning thereby he believed wrongdoing possible. The court
ordered the Attorney General to arrange her meeting with Haqqani at 11am
today (Thursday).
Justice Jawad S Khawaja said it is human rights violation if there was no easy access to Haqqani.
The Chief Justice said that Asma can meet Haqqani in the Supreme Court if she wants to.
During
the hearing, the CJ asked Asma which forum she wants to go to for the
memo inquiry. Asma said a forum where law is upheld. The CJ said Highest
Judicial Commission can be formed. He also said if the SC can hear
other cases such as Rental Power Plants, why it can’t hear the memo
case.
Justice Jawad S Khawaja says the Parliamentary Committee can t probe the matter judiciously.
The
CJ said that the federal government has not filed its reply on the
affidavits submitted by the Chief of Army Staff and the DG ISI.
She said it has yet not been determined who wrote the memo and who leaked it, and with what intentions.
Meanwhile,
former ambassador to US, Hussain Haqqani brought to Supreme Court
building in tight security for meeting with his lawyer Asma Jahngir as
per apex court order. Online
