SC gives Haqqani�s counsel extra time in review petition

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of the review petition in the memo case, filed by Hussain Haqqani, former Pakistani ambassador to the United States, on the request of his counsel Asma Jahangir who sought time to file an amended petition in this regard.

A nine-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, was hearing the petition. Counsel for the petitioner Asma Jahangir submitted before the court that since she had received the copy of the detailed judgment the same day, she was seeking additional time to file additional notes on the sensitive issue. The CJ adjourned the hearing and asked the counsel to get the next date of hearing from the registrar of the apex court.

Meanwhile, the application of Shahid Orakzai, requesting to become a party in the case, was also taken up and the attorney general was issued a notice.