ISLAMABAD: Leading lawyer, Asma Jahangir Sunday refused to plead for the former envoy to the US, Husain Haqqani, in the ‘memo scandal’ case, Geo News reported.
Jehangir said she was qutting as Haqqani’s lawyer as she had “no confidence” in the commission formed by the Supreme Court to conduct an inquiry into the ‘memo scandal’.
Jahangir added, she had told Haqqani to find another lawyer to represent him in the top court as well as the judicial commission.
A nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry last week formed a commission comprising the Chief Justices of the High Courts of Islamabad, Balochistan and Sindh for the same.
She accused the judges of premiere court were acting a acolytes of the establishment.
She said, “And if nine judges of the Supreme Court can be (under their influence), then I am sorry to say I cannot have any expectations from High Court judges, who are under (the apex court judges).”
“Should we close our eyes? Should we allow ourselves to be fooled?… I have told my client he can appear before the commission if he wants to, and he will go. I have no confidence at all (in the commission),” Jahangir told local media.
“This is the court’s order and we have to follow it but I told (Haqqani) to engage some other lawyer,” she said.
