Ijaz will come to Pakistan: counsel

Mansoor Ijaz will come to Pakistan to testify his version before the Judicial Commission as and when he may be required, Akram Sheikh, Manzoor Ijaz's counsel in Memogate case, said in a statement issued here on Saturday. Contradicting media reports, counsel claimed that his client had not written any letter/email on Friday to the distinguished inquiry Commission, adding that any verbal or written communications "shall be done only through his office."
According to him, the only application filed on behalf of Mansoor Ijaz is the one filed through his counsel on January 6, 2012. "It has formally been brought to the kind notice of the Commission that our client is keen to visit Pakistan to appear before the Commission to uphold and entrench into the homeland of his ancestors the value system of "Truth" by deposing correctly the whole truth about 'The Memorandum'," said the statement. Sheikh stated that his client had even voluntarily waived his privacy rights regarding the Blackberry communication and telephone conversations. "Our client is ready to face any cross-examination in this regard," he added.
Unfortunately, the Federal Government has "abused" the office of their Attorney General in exploiting an earlier communication sent by Mansoor Ijaz to the Secretary of the Commission, which was transferred by the latter to the Attorney General's Office. The only logical reason from leaking this privileged communication to the press seems to be discredited our client. It is expected that the process of the Commission "shall not be abused" by the Government or it's functionaries as this shall tantamount to an obstruction to justice at the highest level, according to the statement.-PR