Asma Jahangir, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), on Saturday held the chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) responsible for publicising the memo issue. Speaking at the inaugural of a book on famous poet Habib Jalib, she said the controversy was not known publicly until ISI chief General Ahmad Shuja Pasha had met Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz. She said that Ijaz’s arrival in Pakistan to testify before the judicial commission would make no difference, and the scandal would “end into nothing”. About the ongoing standoff between the state organs, she said that she felt the judiciary was not free and “the sound of army boots” continues to be heard. She said the establishment in Pakistan “influences elections and works only for its own interests”.
