ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court (SC) has expressed dissatisfaction over stepstaken by the federal government regarding the repatriation of formerambassador of Pakistan to the United States Husain Haqqani.
The top court summoned Foreign Affairs and Interior secretaries onWednesday at a court hearing on the Memogate scandal.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar during the hearingremarked, “We are not satisfied with the progress.”
Additional Attorney General (AAG) Waqar Rana submitted that an FIR has beenregistered against Haqqani over the misappropriation of funds at theembassy during his tenure.
However, the bench shared its dissatisfaction over the inefficiency of thegovernment to bring Haqqani back to Pakistan and said that they will reachout to Interpol if progress isn’t observed.
On February 15, the apex court issued arrest warrant for Former PakistanAmbassador to United States Hussain Huqqani in Memogate scandal case.
The DG FIA said that they had issued red warrant of Haqqani in order tobring back the culprit.
Earlier, the court, while hearing the Memogate case on Thursday, asked whatmeasures the government had taken to bring back Husain Haqqani.
The SC was however assured by the additional attorney general (AAG) thatall efforts will be made to bring back him to Pakistan.
The Memogate scandal erupted in 2011 when Pakistani-American businessmanMansoor Ijaz claimed to have received an ‘anti-army’ memo from HusainHaqqani, the then-Pakistan envoy in Washington DC, for US joint chiefschairman Admiral Mike Mullen.