Will the signatories to the
affidavits, filed with the
sworn statement of the chief
of staff to the president,
submitted to the full court,
depose before the judges about
the authenticity and veracity
of their statements?At least,
one of them is now uncertain
not only about the signatures
on 'his' affidavit but also
its c
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Will the signatories to the
affidavits, filed with the
sworn statement of the chief
of staff to the president,
submitted to the full court,
depose before the judges about
the authenticity and veracity
of their statements?At least,
one of them is now uncertain
not only about the signatures
on 'his' affidavit but also
its contents. At one point, he
categorically said that the
affidavit was never signed by
him. At another stage, he said
that the signatures appearing
on the affidavit were not his
but these did resemble his
initials.Talking to The News
on the assurance that his name
would not be disclosed, the
concerned signatory was
apprehensive and shy of going
to the court for being a
government servant. Since the
filing of an absolutely 'fake'
affidavit does not make sense,
the officer was asked to come
on the record but he did not
oblige. The officer hails from
the Punjab. Well over a dozen
affidavits of government
servants, both from the Centre
and the provinces, are
attached to the affidavit of
Lt-Gen (retd) Hamid Javaid,
the Chief of the Staff.The
CoS's affidavit includes the
sworn statements of Chairman
Central Board of Revenue
Abdullah Yousaf; Lt-Col
Saeedullah, MS to the NWFP
Governor; Khushnood Akhtar
Lashari, former Punjab
additional chief secretary
and, at present, the Health
Secretary; Ali Ahmad Junejo,
Hyderabad District Police
Officer; Amil Shameen Wyne,
former Pishin DPO; Khalid
Bilal, former Public Relations
Officer of the Supreme Court
of Pakistan; Mudassir Iqbal,
Director-General (Protocol),
Sindh; Ziaul Hasan Khan,
former IGP Punjab, and, at
present, Commandant, National
Police Academy; Mushtaq
Hussain Hamdani,
Director-General (Protocol)
Punjab; Jehangir Mirza, former
IGP, Sindh; Safdar Ali,
Constable; Muhammad Naeem,
Assistant In-charge (security
guard); Javed Sadiq Malik,
former principal secretary to
the prime minister, and, at
present, the Federal
Ombudsman.Among those present
in the Army House, Rawalpindi
on March 9 â?? as claimed by
the Chief Justice Iftikhar
Muhammad Chaudhry in his
affidavit submitted before the
full court earlier â?? three,
including the CoS to the
president, Director-General
Military Intelligence Maj-Gen
Nadeem Ijaz and
Director-General Intelligence
Bureau Brig (retd) Ijaz Shah
have submitted their
affidavits.The
Director-General Inter
Services Intelligence (DG ISI)
Lt-Gen Ashfaq Kiani, who was
also present in the Army House
on March 9, did not submit his
affidavit. A senior government
legal aide, when asked about
the reason for this
conspicuous miss, said that
there was no need for all to
submit their affidavits. The
chief justice, in his
affidavit, had said that after
he declined to resign before
the president, the DG ISI and
the DG MI pressurized him to
quit but he refused to do so.
The DG MI, in his affidavit,
however, denied to have
exerted any pressure on the CJ
to resign.Meanwhile, it has
been learnt that the Chief of
Staff to President Lt Gen
(retd) Hamid Javaid's part of
the affidavit was included
after much indecisiveness
because of the fear that it
might lead to supplement the
judicial crisis.According to
sources, in a high-level
meeting, it was no less than
the president's top legal
aide, Sharifuddin Pirzada, who
advised the government to
ignore the inclusion of the
said evidence. Pirzada, these
sources said, insisted that if
the said evidence is produced
against the chief justice,
then two other senior
'authorities' falling in the
same category of 'corruption'
should also be proceeded
against by the government.The
CoS, in his affidavit, said,
'The CJP submitted numerous
claims and received cash worth
hundred of thousands of rupees
for reimbursement of petrol
for car No. CIA-9 on the basis
of receipts, purportedly
issued by a Shell Pump
(Abdullah

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