Cross-examination of Mansoor Ijaz underway

Cross-examination of Mansoor Ijaz underway

ISLAMABAD/LONDON: Zahid Bukhari, the lawyer for former Pakistan ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani said on Thursday that the memogate star Mansoor Ijaz had not travelled to the US in over a year. The proceedings of the memo commission are simultaneously underway at the Islamabad High Court and Pakistani High Commission in London via video-link. Bukhari requested the memo commission to seek Ijaz’s passport so it could be examined for entry and exit stamps. Meanwhile, Haqqani also appeared before the memo commission via video-link. Prior to cross-examination, when Bukhari had arrived at the Pakistani High Commission he claimed he would be successful in proving that Ijaz was an enemy of Pakistan. Bukhari while speaking to the media added that he was appearing before the commission to prove that Haqqani was not a liar. 
The counsel for the former ambassador further said that it was not a big deal for the Blackberry sim to be lost, and Ijaz was formulating a conspiracy which is why he was so careful with his sim. Mansoor Ijaz prior to appearing before the commission said that during his cross-examination, Haqqani counsel will try to use misleading tactics rather than answering the charge of what was his (Haqqani’s) role in the memo issue.“If he can’t answer any of those questions than his best defence is diversion” Ijaz said.