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Asma questions Memo Commission’s jurisdiction

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 15:51

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Asma questions Memo Commission’s jurisdiction

Lahore: Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president and rights activist Asma Jahangir has said the Memo Commission has no authority to label anyone a ''traitor''.

Asma, also the counsel for former Pakistani envoy to the US Husain Haqqani, said she has serious reservations on the Memogate Commission's report which held Haqqani guilty, and added that the commission is biased, reports the Daily Times.

Asma said the commission acted as both complainant and arbitrator. She also said she was not informed about the hearing of the memo case and she came to know about it only through media reports.

She said it was strange that the commission sent an intimation to her client outside Pakistan but failed to inform his counsel in the country. She said she would not appear before the court without proper intimation.

Asma also said that the commission should have shown the report to the parties concerned before presenting it to the apex court.

ANI

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First Published: Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 15:51

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Snausher - London
I personally don`t take Asma Jahangir seriously. She is a stunt lady in Pakistan to find the place in media headlines. Sometimes sho doesn`t know what she is talking about. If somebody is trying to harm Pakistan as a country as Haqqani and his fellows tried in this memo, she should have helped the investigation Authorty and judicial system in Pakistan to eliminate the real perpetrator, she is trying to defend them instead. These kind of people are everywhere who always take chances to destablize the country for their own benefits and to be in the headlines. Sorry Ms Asma living in London I realy feel shame you called yourself Pakistani but your actions are against it.

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Musa - London
It proves their are mentally retarded, educated idiots, body/soul, cheap popularity lookers, among us. She is one of them!

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rehan - lahore
he is definitely a traitor, or may be more than that....he is so called pakistani

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saleemakhter - muzzaffargarh Pakistan
she is right I agree. judgs r blind in Pakistan

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Amjad AbdulShakoor - Islamabad
Ms Jehangir, you dont appear to have any morals. A judicial commission determined that Mr. Haqqani has actually authored the controversial memo. The commission gave Mr. Haqqani ample opportunity to plead his case except refusing his misplaced demand of remote video interview. It gave its findings. Rather than identifying your reasons for reservation, you make a political statement. It is a shame!