SC forms larger bench to hear memo case today

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday constituted a nine-member larger bench to hear memo case on Tuesday (today).
The bench would be headed by the Chief Justice and consist of Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Justice Tariq Parvez, Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, Justice Amir Hani Muslim, Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry and Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed to hear the constitutional petitions regarding the alleged memo delivered to Admiral
­Mike Mulen.
The commission constituted by the Supreme Court on Monday submitted its report in court.
The commission held 24 marathon sessions recording statements of the persons concerned including that of the prime character Mansoor Ijaz on video link, while the statement of Husain Haqqani could not be recorded as he like Ijaz on the pretext of security demanded video link facility, which the commission didn’t accede and, thereafter, Haqqani despite repeated summons refused to come to Pakistan.