Former US military chief Admiral Mike Mullen has written a letter to the Supreme Court refusing to appear before the commission investigating the memo scandal on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the memo commission was meeting at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday. The commission headed by Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and comprises of two other high court chief justices resumed hearing of the case.
During the meeting, Mansoor Ijaz’s counsel Akram Sheikh said that the commission did not have the authority to summon his client.
Sheikh moreover said that upon entering Pakistan, Pakistani law would apply on Ijaz and all assurances given regarding his security would be void.
Sheikh further said that his client could not travel to either Pakistan or Dubai, and that his statement should be recorded at the Pakistani High Commission in London.
On which Justice Isa remarked that after getting all the assurances, you are taking a U-turn.
Meanwhile, Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq opposed Sheikh’s request for the commission to travel abroad. He added that US General James Jones and Mike Mullen had also refused to appear before the commission.
Mullen refuses to appear before memo commission
