Nawaz makes Zardari, Kayani, Pasha, others respondents: petition filed in Supreme Court

A constitutional petition was filed in Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday through which petitioner PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif made top civilian, diplomatic and military leadership respondents with a plea to summon them in person for explaining the "detestable, despicable and the treacherous memorandum."
Arshad Khan Jadoon, Advocate Supreme Court filed the petition under Article 184 (3) of the Constitution of Pakistan, making President Asif Ali Zardari, federation through Secretary Interior, Secretary Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani, the US-based businessman and contributor of an article in Financial Times Mansoor Ijaz, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) and ISI chief Lieutenant General Ahmad Shua Pasha respondents. PML-N chief prayed that the culprits disloyal to the state as well as people of Pakistan must be brought to book.
Sharif also requested the court to unearth the dreadful conspiracy, which, according to him, ridiculed and maligned, demoralized and terrorized to destroy the invaluable and valiant Armed Forces of Pakistan to trade away the sovereignty of the country and to barter away the existence and future of Pakistan.
It was further contended in the petition that the persons responsible or involved in initiating the process of memorandum or authoring it or providing any assistance in the process and the one who approved the act must be identified. "The act in question of the ones, who initiated the memorandum, the ones who rendered any help or assistance in the matter and those who blessed or approved of it are culpable for acts of high treason against the state and constitution," it added.
PML-N chief also pleaded in the petition that the memorandum is "mutinous, treasonous, shocking, repulsive and harrowing for any patriotic Pakistani." He added that an article of Mansoor Ijaz was published in Financial Times (FT) more than forty days ago but not a single defamation notice was served to FT and others for publishing the story and nor even a protest was lodged by government of Pakistan.
Neither Husain Haqqani nor did President Asif Ali Zardari officially lodge protest against the claim of Mansoor Ijaz "whose claim speaks volumes of the veracity," he added He contended that the memorandum threatened the foundation and future of Pakistan by trading away its sovereignty for petty personal gains.
He said despite his demand no steps have been taken by the competent authority to set up any independent Committee or commission to look into the matter. He said he would have approached the Parliament to take stock of the situation but the fate of the resolutions of the parliament regarding Drone attacks and others compelled him to look towards the Supreme Court for remedy.