The relations between the government and the army are set to sour again as the Supreme Court on Monday fixed January 28 as the next date of hearing of the Memo Commission case.
Notices have also been issued to all respondents in the constitutional petitions No 77 to No 85 of 2011. These constitutional petitions were filed in the Supreme Court by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif and others under Article 184(3) regarding an alleged memorandum to Admiral Mike Mullen authored by Hussain Haqqani, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US. The matter was highlighted after Mansoor Ijaz, a US citizen of Pakistani origin, accused Haqqani of writing a memo to US army chief Admiral Mike Mullen seeking Washington’s help against a possible military coup in Pakistan.
A nine-member SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will hear the case. The case was heard on November 13 by a nine-member bench and an order had been passed asking the counsels for the respondent to submit a written request to the interior secretary, pointing out Haqqani’s apprehensions regarding his security in Pakistan.
“On receipt of the same, adequate arrangements shall be made by the interior secretary intimation whereof shall also be furnished to the registrar. Such arrangements of security shall be required to be made at least two weeks prior to commencement,” the court order said. Asma Jahangir, the counsel for Haqqani, had expressed her inability to show up in court during December 2012. Therefore, a hearing into the case had to be fixed for January.
It is unfortunate to see the higher judiciary wasting precious time and resources unnecessarily on an issue which is a dead horse.
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