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Pakistan SC issues arrest warrant against ex-envoy to US
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IANS | 18 Feb, 2018
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against
the country's former Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, in the
"Memogate" scandal.
The 2011 "Memogate" controversy revolves
around a memorandum allegedly drafted by Haqqani ostensibly seeking help
from the Obama administration in the wake of the Osama bin Laden raid
to avert a military takeover in Pakistan.
Haqqani, who served as
Ambassador from 2008 to 2011 in the US, was removed from office for his
alleged role in the issue, the Dawn newspaper reported.
The
Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) asked Interpol to issue a red warrant
to nab Haqqani, who has failed to comply with the court orders to
appear before it in the "Memogate" case.
On January 3, 2013,
Haqqani left Pakistan with the commitment to come back on a four-day
notice and the court had allowed him to go abroad.
He, however,
did not return to the country and breached his commitment with the
court. On June 4, 2013, the court had directed the executive to bring
him back.
Additional Attorney General Waqar Rana had earlier said that all measures will be taken to bring Haqqani back from the US.
Reacting
to the move, Haqqani said on Twitter that it was "sad that highest
court of Pakistan persists with such antics for local TV news coverage.
"Such political 'warrants' have not been honoured abroad in the past, won't work now," he said.
On February 1, the top court had constituted a three-member bench to resume hearings of the controversial case.
In
December 2017, three people had separately lodged FIRs against him for
delivering hate speeches and writing books and articles against the
Pakistan armed forces.
They accused Haqqani of contributing to
enemy propaganda while residing in the US, "which was threatening the
peace of Pakistan".
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