Islamabad: The controversy over the secret government memo will come up for a hearing in Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday. On Tuesday, the apex court had put off a decision on whether to investigate the controversial memo and called on the government to provide more details in the case.
After admitting nine petitions seeking a probe into the Memogate controversy, the apex court had directed 10 respondents, including the President, to submit their replies by December 15.
The responses of Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and ISI Chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha were submitted to the Supreme Court's registrar by Attorney General Anwarul Haq.
Pakistani-American businessman Ijaz, who made public the memo that sought US help to prevent a military coup in Pakistan in the wake of the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May, had submitted his response.
The replies of the Cabinet, Law, Interior, Defence and Foreign Secretaries too have been submitted while Husain Haqqani, former envoy to US, had sent in his reply several days ago.
Pasha asked the apex court to summon Ijaz to appear before it and produce the evidence in his possession.
He further asked the court to order a forensic examination of the BlackBerry phones and computers of both Ijaz and Haqqani, and to obtain the call record data of the BlackBerry phones from service providers.
In his response, Kayani reportedly provided a detailed account of key incidents related to the drafting and delivery of the memo to former US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen.
He reportedly said it was the ISI chief's opinion that there was adequate evidence that the memo was sent and that the proof provided by Ijaz was adequate to prove that Ijaz was in touch with Haqqani through text messages and phone calls during May 9-11.
(With additional information from PTI)
Comments
0 comment