Asma Jahangir, lawyer for former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani on Thursday said elections could not bring democracy but it was an evolutionary process, which could only be stablise after changing the mindset of the people and urged the media to play its role in the matter.
Talking to reporters, Asma said time had come that the security state was converted into a welfare state. She said no one was facing any threat due to the memo, which was nothing but a worthless piece of paper.
She said the army chief should examine why the ISI DG met Mansoor Ijaz without the prime minister’s permission.
She said the petitioners could not get relief in the memo case, adding that the “memogate” was a political issue and her client was being pressed, although he was innocent in this matter.
Asma said she would accept the court’s order on the memo case but it should give the reply on the six points, which she said she had raised during her arguments.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq said President Asif Ali Zardari would not file a separate reply and the federation’s reply was his reply.
The federation in its reply had stated that the president and the prime minister had no link with the memo issue.
The attorney general told reporters that he would inform the court about the Parliamentary Committee on National Security’s mandate today (Friday). He said according to the constitution, not the army chief, but the prime minister was the supreme commander.