SC hears memogate case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court during proceedings of the memogate case directed the federation and Husain Haqqani to submit their rejoinders on Thursday.

The judges remarked that there was something to the memo issue which is why the prime minister made Haqqani resign from his post and then ordered an investigation.

A nine-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed heard the memogate scandal case.

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry spoke to the Attorney General about the constitutional immunity of the president.

The Chief Justice said that in order to get immunity the court had to be asked.

Earlier, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani submitted his rejoinder to the Supreme Court, insisting that the ‘memo is a reality’ and an attempt to lower the morale of Pakistan's armed forces.

Moreover, The Ministry of Defence in its written reply to the Supreme Court of Pakistan said that it had no control on the Army/ISI operations.

It is pertinent to mention here that Supreme Court of Pakistan had ordered The Ministry of Defence to submit a written reply on the same.

Meanwhile ISI chief, Gen Shuja Pasha in his reply to Supreme Court on the memo issue has reaffirmed his earlier stance.