Supreme Court (SC) has taken up on Wednesday the petition of former ambassador of Pakistan to the US Hussain Haqqani to review the court verdict of Memogate.
It should be mentioned here Haqqani submitted the review petition on Monday through his counsel Asma Jahangir.
According to a private television channel, the petition said Haqqani’s fundamental rights entitled to him under Article-9 (security of person) and 15 (freedom of movement) of the Constitution have been violated through the verdict, as he has not been formally accused so far of any offence whatsoever.
Haqqani contended that the apex court is not empowered to form a commission to probe the Memogate.
It should be mentioned here Haqqani’s defence counsel, who moved the court through a petition for review of the order handed down by a larger bench on December 30, declined to appear before the Memogate Commission.
The review petition not only calls in question the court order to form the commission on the basis of its jurisdiction, but also the appointment of high court judges for the commission.
However, the court in its December 30 ruling maintained that petitioners substantiated the case as being of public importance; hence, the court has jurisdiction to hear the case.
The petition further states, “The court has misread the facts that the Oct 10, 2011 article in the Financial Times carried the controversial memorandum with it. The contents of the memorandum are still unknown to this point of time.”
