Islamabad, Mar. 11 (ANI): Pakistan's former envoy to the US, Hussain Haqqani, implicated in the memogate scandal, has refused to return to Pakistan, saying that the government is incapable of providing him security.
A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, was hearing Haqqani's case.
Haqqani's counsel, Asma Jahangir, informed the court that her client was unwilling to return to Pakistan as did not trust the security assurances given by the government, reports The Dawn.
Attorney General Irfan Qadir informed the bench on details of the safety measures to be adopted for Haqqani's security.
The court said legal action would be taken if Haqqani fails to appear for the next hearing. The court added that in that event Haqqani's passport would also be cancelled.
The memo scandal had erupted after Haqqani was first named in the controversy by US businessman Mansoor Ijaz who had said that it was the former ambassador who had asked Ijaz to deliver the memo to the then US military chief days after the May 2, 2011 US raid on former Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's compound. (ANI)
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