ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former Ambassador to United States Hussain Haqqanilands into serious troubles as Pakistan has approached the Interpol for thearrest of the self exiled diplomat who is wanted in Pakistan in theMemogate scandal being heard in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
FIA has approached the Interpol for the red warrants of the Hussain Haqqaniso as he could be brought back to Pakistan.
The Supreme Court issued on Thursday arrest warrants for the production offormer ambassador of Pakistan to the US, Husain Haqqani.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar is hearing the Memogatecase against the US-based former envoy.
As the hearing of the case went under way, the three-member bench wasinformed by Federal Investigation Agency Director General Bashir Memon thatthey have written to Interpol to issue red warrants against Haqqani.
At the last hearing of the case on February 8, the Supreme Court wasassured by the additional attorney general (AAG) that all efforts will bemade to bring back Haqqani.
Moreover, the apex court had directed secretaries of the interior andforeign ministers, as well as the FIA chief, to furnish a report onHaqqani’s return in one week.
Moreover, during the hearing, the recent statement of Haqqani terming theMemogate proceedings a ‘political stunt’ was read out.
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.
On January 29, while hearing a case related to voting rights of overseasPakistanis, Chief Justice Nisar had summoned details of the Memogate case.
In a statement reported on Feb 5, Haqqani said there were four chiefjustices after chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry but none touched the case,adding that six years ago a nine-member bench had heard the case andwondered why just a three-member bench is taking it up now.
“It has been six years since I submitted a review petition to correct legalmistakes in the case. Will the court hear this case too?” he wondered.
Moreover, in a likely reference to Chief Justice Nisar, Haqqani claimed hewill not come to Pakistan on “Baba Rehamtay’s” direction, as his orders donot extend beyond Pakistan.