Sehba Musharraf hires another counsel

RAWALPINDI: Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) No-I, Rawalpindi, Judge, Shahid Rafiq, on Saturday showed anger against Sehba Mushrraf’s counsel Fawad Chaudhry, who did not turn up to represent his client.

Meanwhile, Sehba Musharraf hired another lawyer, Nayab Gardezy, who on Saturday appeared before the court and told it that previous lawyer, Fawad Chaudhry, has resigned from the APML and requested for more time to prepare the case. The court, however, gave him one day and warned if the lawyer did not appear, the court would decide the case on Monday. The judge said previous lawyer resigned from party but not from lawyer-ship why he did not appear. “Why they are trying to prolong the case,” judge remarks.

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.

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.