Tag: Statement

Spy agencies submit statement to SC on 11 prisoners

ISLAMABAD - Intelligence agencies submitted a written statement before the Supreme Court regarding the 11 prisoners, who had been missing from the Adiyala Jail Rawalpindi since their acquittal on terrorism charges, a private TV channel reported on Friday.
Advocate Raja Muhammad Irshad, counsel for the Inter-Services Intelligence and the Military Intelligence, submitted the statement before the three-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry,

Lorgat’s statement inappropriate: Mani

LAHORE: Former ICC President Ehsan Mani believes that ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat's statement regarding spot-fixing tainted trio was unnecessary and inappropriate.
Referring to Lorgat's statement in which he had said that he wanted to see Pakistani players penalised, Mani said the case was yet to be heard by the ICC code of conduct tribunal and Lorgat's statement was not required and unnecessary.
"The three-member ICC tribunal will hold the hearing next month, therefore Lorgat

Malik’s statement absolving India is his own opinion: FO

ISLAMABAD: Distancing itself from Interior Minister Rehman Malik's recent statement in which he tacitly absolved India of involvement in terrorist acts on Pakistani soil, the Foreign Office on Monday said it could be the minister's personal opinion but not Islamabad's known stance on the contentious issue.
"The banned TTP, Al Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have joined hands and are using each other's resources to carry out terrorist attacks in Pakistan," Malik told reporters

APML rejects Shujaat’s statement on Lal Masjid

LAHORE: Spokesman of the All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), Fawad Chaudhry, on Tuesday rejected a statement by PML-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain regarding the Lal Masjid operation, claiming that Shujaat and Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi were fully aware of the offensive.
Reacting to Shujaat's statement, Fawad claimed that all PML-Q governments in all four federating units, as well as the federal government knew about the Lal Masjid operation. He said Shujaat and Elahi were part of