Islamabad, The Chief Justice of the Pakistan Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the country does not tolerate the contents of the memo. “Pakistanis are a living nation, they do not tolerate the matters written in the memo, federation considers it only a piece of paper, then why was such a key-meeting held in the prime minister house, why was the resignation taken from Haqqani and why did the prime minister order an investigations?,” The News quoted Chaudhry, as saying. His statement came after Pakistan Attorney General Maulvi Anwar-ul Haq stated in his written reply to the probe on behalf on the federation that Haqqani tendered his resignation at a meeting held at the prime minister’s house on November 22, and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had ordered a probe into the scandal on the same day. His resignation was approved the very next day and thereby a notification was issued, he added. The nine-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Chaudhry was hearing the Memo Gate probe. Justice Chaudhary pointed out both the accuser and those falling within the purview of this accusation had urged a probe into the ...
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