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Text of Affidavit of Director General - Military Intelligence

By Khalid ⋅ June 8, 2007 ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

ISLAMABAD, June 7 (APP): Following is the text of the affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday by Major General Mian Nadeem Ijaz Ahmad, Director General Military Intelligence: Affidavit

I, Major General Mian Nadeem Ijaz Ahmad son of Late Mian Ijaz Ahmad, presently working as Director General, Military Intelligence (”DG
Ml”), do hereby solemnly state on oath as under:-

1. I was appointed as DG MI on 28 February 2005, and have continued to work in that position ever since.
2. That approximately a fortnight after his appointment as Chief Justice of Pakistan, I received a phone call from Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Chief Justice of Pakistan (on forced leave) (”CJP”). I was a bit surprised. He said that this was a courtesy call. He said that he wanted to visit me at my residence but I suggested that it would be more appropriate if I visited him.
3. The CJP used to telephone me and we exchanged courtesies and pleasantries. Sometimes during 2006 I started visiting him. These visits
4. were often at his request and on a few occasions on my own initiative. I visited him at his residence. It is not possible for me to state the exact number of these visits as we phoned one another frequently and met often.
5. The CJP was comfortable with the officer incharge of the Islamabad Detachment of Ml and insisted that it was necessary for us to remain in constant contact through him. Moreover, the CJP used to remain in regular touch with the officer incharge of Ml at Lahore. He used to task him on a regular basis to provide information on judges in Punjab so he could build a database for his own reference. He also desired that all the detachment incharges in the four provincial capitals must remain in touch with him so that he can have complete information about all the judges.The CJP also asked me if I could facilitate his meeting with DG ISI. He told me that he had been speaking on telephone with DG ISI and insisted that a meeting was necessary. The DG ISI on the insistence of the CJP called on him at his residence.
6. ” Once the CJP phoned me and asked me to come for a discussion. When I went, to see him he started discussing the political situation. He was of the view that the President should dissolve the Assemblies as they were becoming a nuisance and hold elections under the
7. CJP. He wanted me to assure all concerned that he {CJP) will make things very smooth.
8. The CJP was made anxious by adverse media reports. He requested me to look into the matter and assist him in quelling what he regarded was a campaign against him. The Federal Government had also asked me to discretely have the matter examined as the CJP had raised it in his meeting with the President on 13 February 2007.
9. On 7 March 2007 the CJP phoned me. He was concerned about a Reference made against him by Mr. Justice Jehanzeb Rahim of the Peshawar High Court. He told me that I must have a copy of the Reference collected from him the nextmorning. I had that done.
10. On 8 March 2007, at night, the CJP phoned again. He told me that he was going to meet the President on 9 March 2007 at 1130 hours. He said that he intended to raise the Justice Jehanzeb Rahim issue with him. He requested that I be there as well to support him. I shared this with the MS to the President.
11. On 9 March 2007 I was asked by the Presidency to come to a meeting at the Camp Office of the President’s Secretariat. At 1300 hours I, the Chief of Staff to the President, DG ISI and DG IB went to the President’s Chamber at the Camp Office. The President, the Prime Minister and the CJP were already (here. The Military Secretary to the President was also present.
12. That between 1300 hours and 1400 hours the details of the Reference submitted by the Federal Government against the CJP and some of the findings of the intelligence agencies as a result of the exercise’ initiated at the behest of the CJP were discussed. That during the discussion the CJP clearly stated that he would face the Reference.
13. That at 1400 hours the President left for Jumma prayers. The Prime Minister, the Chief of Staff to the President and the Military Secretary to the President also left with him. That thereafter myself, the CJP, DG ISI and DG IB continued our discussion on the various points and all the material and record, in several folders, was available during this time.
14. That nothing discourteous was said by any one during these discussions. The CJP had clearly informed the President and the Prime Minister that he would face the Reference. It was, therefore, not open to any one of us to make any demands on the CJP. No demands were made. The discussion between us was limited to the Reference.
15. That at 1500 hours the DG ISI and the DG IB also left the meeting. The CJP and myself remained there. We further discussed the Reference. After sometime the CJP stated that he wanted to meet the President again and I should facilitate such a meeting. I was told, on inquiry, that after his Jumma prayers the President had gone to the Army House and from there to the airport to fly to Karachi. We waited till the President reached Karachi. It is incorrect that the CJP remained at the Camp Office against his will. The CJP’s view that one more meeting with the President would be beneficial was communicated to the President at Karachi. The President was, however, of the view that no useful purpose would be served as the Reference had already been despatched. That ho had nothing personal against the CJP and he was, in any event, bound to follow the advice of the Prime Minister as per the Constitution. I went with the CJP to see him off to his car. The statements attributed to me by the CJP when I was seeing him off are incorrect. I never said any such thing.

That I have read the affidavits of Lt. Gen. (Retd) Hamid Javaid and Brig. (Retd.) Ijaz Ahmad Shah. This affidavit is in addition thereto.

That unless specifically so admitted nothing contained herein may be deemed an admission of any adverse statement made by the CJP in his affidavit.

That whatever is stated hereinabove is true and correct.

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