WASHINGTON – Pakistan’s former ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani on Thursdayreacted over the issuance of arrest warrants by the Supreme Court againsthim in Memogate case.
Haqqani says, “I have read with mild amusement the Pakistan Supreme Court’sclaim to have issued international warrants for my arrest for failing toappear before it”.
Earlier today, the top court issued arrest warrants for Pakistan’s formerambassador to the US Husain Haqqani in the Memogate case.
A three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar issued thewarrants against the former envoy for violating the oath.
He said, “Such political ‘warrants’ have not been honored abroad in thepast, and will not work now,” adding, “Similar ‘Made for TV News’ warrantsissued for Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in 2006 and former General PervezMusharraf in 2012 did not work nor were they effective against Mr. AltafHussain”.
Questioning authority of the apex court, the former ambassador said:“Nowhere in the world do Supreme Courts issue warrants, that being afunction reserved for trial courts. I have not been charged with any crimeand have not been put on trial”.
It is sad that some judges of the highest court of Pakistan persist withsuch antics for local TV news coverage.
He said that such measures will not interrupt his life. Haqqani said, “I amconfident and comfortable about carrying on my life, uninterrupted by theextra-legal maneuvering that passes off for judicial proceedings inPakistan”.