ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Wednesday accepted state request to hear plearegarding repatriation of former Pakistani ambassador to the US HussainHaqqani in-chamber.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar heard the suomotu notice on Wednesday.
As the hearing started, the chief justice asked the state counsel about theprogress made by the government for repatriation of Haqqani.
Responding to chief justice, Ahmer Bilal Sofi, amicus curiae in the casesaid progress had been made on official level, however, he would able todiscuss in-chamber.
The bench while accepting the plea decided to hear the case in chamber.
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It is pertinent to mention here that Haqqani is accused of delivering amemo to retired US Navy Admiral Mike Mullen through Mansoor Ijaz in 2011.The memo had allegedly requested the US for its support to the Pakistanicivilian government against its military establishment after the May 2 raid.
On January 29 this year, the chief justice, while hearing a case regardingthe right of overseas Pakistanis to cast votes in the elections, hadsummoned details of the Memogate case.
An FIR was registered on March 10 on behalf of FIA, which said: “accusedHusain Haqqani during his posting as ambassador of Pakistan in USA (fromMay 2008 to November 2011) in collaboration with other concernedofficers/officials misused his official position, committed cheating,criminal breach of trust and misappropriated approximately $2 million ofthe national exchequer of Pakistan per year dishonestly and fraudulently.”Subsequently, red warrants were issued for the former ambassador’s arrest.
