Memo: Hussain Haqqani's Lawyer Refuses to Submit BlackBerry Data to Supreme Court's Judicial Commission

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Husain Haqqani’s lawyer refused to submit the former ambassador to the USZ’s BlackBerry data to the Supreme Court judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal, a private Television Channel reported on Monday. Haqqani’s counsel Zahid Bukhari said that it was the responsibility of the Pakistani government to provide the commission with the data. Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and Haqqani are due to appear before the court to record their statements today.

The commission’s chairman Justice Qazi Faiz Isa asked Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq if he is willing to submit an affidavit saying that no case will be registered against Mansoor Ijaz, the Pakistani American businessman at the centre of the scandal. The attorney general replied saying that no case was registered against Ijaz in Pakistan, hence no investigation can be initiated against him.

Ijaz’s counsel Akram Sheikh also said that no case can be registered against his client in Pakistan as he is not a Pakistani national. He added that Ijaz can come to Pakistan on January 16. American Puppet Interior Minister Satan Malik earlier said that Ijaz would have to "apply" for a visa if he wants to appear before the commission investigating Memogate. If Ijaz is still unable to visit Pakistan, he will ask the commission to record his statement through a video link. Finally, he said that some key lawyers are preparing Ijaz’s case in Islamabad.

 (ET)

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