Having remained silent on the memogate scandal for the last few months, the United States finally released a statement demanding a fair and transparent judicial process.
US senators have reportedly voiced concern over former ambassador Husain Haqqani’s ‘mistreatment’ in Pakistan. Meanwhile, the State Department’s spokesperson also told journalists in Washington DC that the US believes “it is important for us to speak out, as we do around the world, about an appropriate constitutional and legal process for him and to make clear that we’re watching.”
What effect, if any, will this and similar statements have on the judicial process?
Given the earlier silence, do these statements mean the US is concerned about the judicial process?
Should Pakistan’s foreign office respond to these statements?
Dawn.com invites its readers to give their views and suggestions.
Such statement by USA will do more negative affect rather then positive.
I think everyone is watching. And watching does not mean that it was just watching the judiciary – it is also watching the government. The trouble here is that the US did not speak “watching” when Benazir was killed so watchning now will only prove to many that there was some level of truth behind this memo even if the verdict exhonerates Haqqani.
Right on Amjad. There has got to be some truth in US trying to destabilze Pakistan having failed miserably (after trillion of dollars wasted) in the Middle East and Afghanistan. So their game is to break-up Pakistan. Haqqani has to be tried for treason against the State of Pakistan as should Zardari and Gillani, and their entire cabinet.
It is non of the business of a foreign country to try to influence the judicial process in another country. If an effort is made in this sense, it may reflect on the “accused” in a negative way.