Memogate commission resumes proceeding

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Memogate commission resumes proceeding

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Memo commission will hold its proceedings at the IHC and the Pakistani High Commission in London.

18 March,2012 02:02 pm

On Saturday, main character of the scandal Mansoor Ijaz claimed that President Zardari had information about the Abbottabad raid to kill Osama bin Laden.On the other hand, Mishal Mailk, wife of Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik, also filed her application to the memo commission and requested to be a party to the case.Mansoor had leveled accusations against the JKLF (Jummu and Kashmir Liberation Front) leader that he had a contact with former RAW chief.She said that allegations had caused her a lot of hurt and all accusations were baseless.Earlier, during the memo commission meeting, when Zahid Bokhari, lawyer for ex-envoy Hussain Haqqani, cross-questioned Mansoor Ijaz, asking why he was picked to deliver the memo, Mansoor Ijaz said Haqqani had told him that he was under agencies’ watch.To another question, Mansoor Ijaz said that in one Blackberry contact, Haqqani and him used code words MD for General Mehmmod Durrani and JK for Gen Jehangir Karamat. He said the exchange of messages continued from 12 May to October 2011.