Army should give security to Mansoor Ijaz – Akram Shaikh
Saturday, January 21st, 2012 7:36:50 by Yasir Hashmi
Army should give security to Mansoor Ijaz – Akram Shaikh
Akram Shaikh, the lawyer of central character of the memo-gate scandal, Mansoor Ijaz, has said that he has no trust on the Interior Minister of Pakistan, Rehman Malik and expressed that he would rather believe Hussain Haqqani, but not Malik.
The memo-gate scandal broke out last year, when an American citizen, Mansoor Ijaz wrote an article for Financial Times, in which he stated that the then Ambassador of Pakistan to the US, Hussain Haqqani had asked him to deliver a memorandum to the higher
US authorities. There were a number of controversial things in that memo, which are against the sovereignty of Pakistan.
Haqqani was later asked to come back to Pakistan by the government and he was asked to resign by the Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gillani.
Leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N), Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif took the case to the Supreme Court of Pakistan and wanted to have an independent inquiry of the scandal. Some of the political leaders have praised the stance of PML (N) leader but on the other
hand, there are plenty who think that Nawaz Sharif should have shown trust on the parliament instead of taking the matter to Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has formed a commission to inquire the whole matter and the commission wants to have the verdict of Mansoor Ijaz over the whole episode. The most important witness of the case is expected to visit Pakistan in near future. However,
the later wants to be given appropriate security before he visits Pakistan.
Malik, as the Interior Minister of Pakistan has given a number of controversial statements regarding the matter and recently he has said that if the parliamentary committee wants to, Ijaz’s name would be put in the Exit Control List (ECL), if he comes to
Pakistan.
The lawyer of Ijaz wants the military of the country to give proper security to his client.
“How can I trust Rehman Malik, who is the worst form of Husain Haqqani? On January 9, and again on January 16, the commission issued directions that the army will provide security to my client. I would also move the commission through contempt application,”
said Akram.
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Posted by Yasir Hashmi
on Jan 21 2012. Filed under Pakistan.
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