SC sets Nov 12 to hear memogate case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) will resume hearing the infamous memogate case on November 12 and has issued notices to all the parties, Geo News reported Tuesday.

The controversy emerged when US based businessman Mansoor Ijaz wrote an article in the ‘Financial Times’ revealing about the memo written to Admiral Mike Mullen on behalf of the Pakistani government in order to seek help from the Obama administration in the wake of the Osama bin Laden raid to avert a military takeover of the civilian government in Pakistan.

Several petitions were filed in the Supreme Court, pleading to investigate the matter. Consequently, a larger bench comprising nine judges and headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was formed by the SC to hear the petitions.

A judicial commission was also formed to probe the matter that declared the memo a reality and hold then US ambassador Husain Haqqani responsible to draft the memo. His counsel in the case, Asma Jahangir has also filed the petition against the report.

Now the nine-judge bench will resume the hearing of the case on November 12 for which notices have been issued to 20 parties in the case.