Memo Commission to resume hearing today; Haqqani refuses to appear

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Memo Commission to resume hearing today; Haqqani refuses to appear

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Former ambassador to US Husain Haqqani has refused to appear before commission on medical ground.

05 April,2012 07:02 am

The Judicial Commission, probing into the memogate scandal, will resume hearing into the case today. Meanwhile former Pakistani ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani has refused to appear before commission on medical ground.The three-member commission comprises Chief Justice Balochistan High Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa as its head and Chief Justice Sindh High Court Justice Musheer Alam and Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Justice Iqbal Hameed-ur Rehman has summoned the meeting after the Supreme Court granted another six-week extension in the commission’s deadline that expired on March 31.Former ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani on Wednesday submitted an application in Islamabad High Court excusing to appear before the memo commission for proceedings due to bad health.In his application, Haqqani stated that he is not feeling well and undergoing some medical tests in the United States. Counsel Zahid Bukhari has said that he would produce the medical reports of his client before the commission, adding that Haqqani is admitted in hospital of US.Haqqani has requested commission to defer the hearing till decision of SC in Haqqani’s plea seeking recording his statement via video link from abroad.