Source: Express Tribune.
The court has released a short order and will release a detailed order later. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday declared the Memogate case to be maintainable and formed a commission to probe into the scandal.
Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Esa will head the commission. Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman, Sindh High Court Chief Justice Musheer Alam and District and Sessions Judge Islamabad Raja Jawad Abbas would serve as members.
The Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry directed the registrar to put up in his chamber the replies of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for an order on holding of press conference by Dr Babar Awan.
Awan had earlier held a press conference along with two ministers of Pakistan Peoples Party and denounced the court’s order. In reply to which, the chief justice had termed the press conference as contemptuous. An appropriate order shall be given after a decision in the chamber, the chief justice added.
Heading the nine-judge bench, the chief justice said the December 1 order from the court on linking Haqqani’s travel to court permission will stay intact.
As a result of this verdict, a very dramatic situation likely to emerge in turmoiled political/judiciary/military scenario of Pakistan.