Tag: Memo

US House Intelligence Committee approves release of Democratic rebuttal of memo

WASHINGTON: The Intelligence Committee of the US House of Representatives has voted unanimously to release a memo authored by its Democrat members that were...

GOP memo’s claims about FBI wrongdoing: summary

WASHINGTON: After more than a week of partisan bickering and social media-fuelled buildup, the #releasethememo crowd got their wish. President Donald Trump declassified it. The...

Donald Trump backs release of explosive memo, alleging FBI abuses

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is set to approve the release of an explosive memo alleging abuse of power in the FBI's probe of...

Memo justifies drone kills even with patchy intelligence

The US government has authorised the killing of American citizens as part of its controversial drone campaign against al Qaeda even without intelligence that...

SC hears memo case, orders full security for Haqqani

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday heard the case pertaining to a secret memo sent to US Admiral Mike Mullen for his help...

SC constitutes nine-member bench on Memo case

The Supreme Court on Wednesday constituted a larger nine-member bench led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to hear the controversial memo case. The...

Memo commission didn’t declare Haqqani a traitor: SC

The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the memo commission had not declared former ambassador to the US, Hussain Haqqani, a traitor and had...

Memo-commission report biased: Haqqani

Former ambassador of Pakistan to the US, Hussain Haqqani, filed on Tuesday an application in the Supreme Court rejecting the Memo-commission report terming it...

Memo commission a party and adjudicator, says Asma Jahangir

Supreme Court lawyer Asma Jahangir said the Memo commission proved to be a party as well as a judge of the Memogate scandal. “The...

Memo commission report reveals Zardari is traitor: Rana Sana

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sana Ullah said on Tuesday that the report of the ‘Memo Commission’ revealed that the person sitting in the presidency...

Asma Jahangir hits out at Memo Commission report

Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir, subjecting the Supreme Court (SC) to severe censure stressed the judges should have lent ears...

Memo commission completes report: Justice Isa

The chairman of the memo commission, Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa on Monday said the commission had finalised its report on...

Memo commission says probe almost complete

A session of the commission probing the memo scandal concluded at the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday. The commission is being headed by Balochistan...

Haqqani refuses to face Memo Commission

Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United States, Husain Haqqani has said that his life is threatened in Pakistan and his return is likely only...

Memo commission gets four-week lifeline

A hurriedly constituted 10-member larger bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, granted four more weeks to the memo...

Memo commission for forensic evidence of Ijaz’s Blackberry set

The judicial commission probing into the memo scandal on Saturday issued orders for conducting forensic tests on Mansoor Ijaz’s Blackberry phone in London. Secretary for...

Memo commission rejects application seeking Pasha as witness

The Judicial Commission probing into the memo case on Thursday rejected an application seeking former ISI chief Lt Gen (r) Ahmad Shuja Pasha’s appearance...