Asma Jahangir, former president Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and counsel of former Pakistan's ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani, has expressed serious reservations over the report of the judicial commission on memo scandal. Talking to media persons at Lahore High Court (LHC) here on Tuesday, she questioned the commission's authority, saying, "under what law the commission can declare anybody a traitor."
She pointed out that ANP leader Wali Khan and famous poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz were also declared traitors by such commissions in the past. She was of the view that the commission had acted as both complainant and adjudicator as well. The inquiry report should have been shown to the counsels of the parties involved before presenting it in the Supreme Court, she added.
Declaring the commission biased, she also questioned another finding of the commission that Haqqani forced Mansoor Ijaz to write the memo. She said the commission failed to establish the finding with evidences. She alleged that the commission was totally partial and its report had exposed its reality.
The former SCBA president also objected that the case of Haqqani was taken up by the SC without intimating his counsel and was not included in the 'cause list' issued of Monday. "I came to know about the hearing of Haqqani case through news aired by television channels which is highly regrettable," she added. Asma said it was shocking that the court sent intimation to her client outside Pakistan but did not inform her despite being present in the country. She said, "I will follow Supreme Court's rules and will not appear before the court without proper intimation." To a question whether Haqqani will return to the country following the SC directions, she said that she had to see the Commission report first.
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