Memogate: Mansoor Ijaz's statement recorded via video link; Haqqani Network's survival chances bleak

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Mansoor Ijaz

Mansoor Ijaz recorded his statement for the Memogate case at the Pakistan High Commission in London on Wednesday. During the video link, Zahid Bukhari, counsel of former stooge ambassador to USZ Hussain Haqqani, raised absurd objections over the procedure of recording Ijaz’s testimony saying “this is not how testimonies are recorded”. He also said each word of Ijaz’s testimony should be written down. Rebuffing Bukhari’s statement, the commission said that he should not interfere during the proceedings.

Bukhari alleged that while getting his statements recorded, Ijaz started “toying with his BlackBerry phone”. Justice Isa quipped, “You start fighting over everything.” The commission told Ijaz to keep his phones on the table. Ijaz objected over Bukhari’s behaviour and said that his phones were already lying on the table. Two big screens were installed in the Islamabad High Court to record Ijaz’s statements from the Pakistan High Commission in London via video link. A three-member commission headed by Justice Qazi Faiz Isa recorded Ijaz’s testimony in Islamabad via video link.The court has adjourned the hearing until February 22. A copy of the statement given by Mansoor Ijaz at the Pakistan High Commission can be read here.

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