Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has termed Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and ISI chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha’s depositions in the Supreme Court of Pakistan in memogate case as illegal.
In an interview with a Chinese daily Peoples Daily Online , the prime minister said any action by a government official prior to consent from concerning authority was illegal.
He said that the DG ISI and army chief didn’t take permission from defence ministry and him before they submitted their statements in the apex court.
He said that the defence ministry had not sent any summary to him, seeking permission for Kayani and Pasha to submit rejoinders in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
The statement came amid rising tension between country’s powerful military and civilian leadership over memogate controversy.
Senior Pakistani journalist and political commentator Kamran Khan said Gilani’s recent statement was very important as the prime minister had kept mum over the Kayani and Pasha’s replies in the court and after lapse of several days he abruptly came up with such a shocking statement.
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