Supreme Court Resumes Memo Case Hearing Today

By Media Monitor Desk

ISLAMABAD: A nine-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would resume the hearing of infamous Memo-gate scandal case on Thursday.

Earlier, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani submitted his rejoinder to the Supreme Court, insisting that the ‘memo is a reality’ and an attempt to lower the morale of Pakistan's armed forces.

Moreover, Ministry of Defence in its written reply to the Supreme Court of Pakistan said that it had no control on the Army/ISI operations.

It is pertinent to mention here that Supreme Court of Pakistan had ordered Ministry of Defence to submit a written reply on the same.

Meanwhile ISI chief, Gen Shuja Pasha in his reply to Supreme Court on the memo issue has reaffirmed his earlier stance.