Attorney General for Pakistan Maulvi Anwarul Haq has said that if Mansoor Ijaz did not appear before the judicial commission on memo probe for recording his testimony, it would be the discretion of the commission to decide further on the issue. He said all arrangements had been finalised for the security of Mansoor Ijaz and an officer of the police had been deputed, adding that “but in my opinion, he does not want to come”.
Talking to reporters at the Supreme Court building, he said Pakistan was a sovereign state and the security arrangements for Mansoor Ijaz had been made according to the constitution. He said the government had ensured foolproof security arrangements for Mansoor Ijaz and the Islamabad inspector general of police had briefed his counsel Akram Sheikh about the arrangements on Sunday night. He said Akram Sheikh was expressing dissatisfaction over the security arrangements regarding his client, but he did not spell the shortcomings in the arrangements. The AG said now the commission would decide how the statement of Mansoor Ijaz could be recorded. To a question about Akram Sheikh, the AG said: “I can only say that he utters words that come to his mind and does not think to whom he is talking.” “The government has finalised all arrangements relating to the security for Mansoor Ijaz in pursuance of the judicial commission’s directions as well as under the limits of the law,” the AG said.
