ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, said on Sunday that Pakistani authorities should accept that he cannot be forced to return to Pakistan to face the charges that have been brought against him, claiming there is insufficient evidence against him to justify extradition. 

“My comments on yesterday’s #Pakistan SC (Supreme Court) proceedings and the failed attempts to force my return. Time for authorities to accept my right to dissent and stop wasting time and energy,” Haqqani tweeted.
In reponse to another tweet, Haqqani stated “If there is a real case against anyone, courts of other countries would extradite him upon presentation of evidence.”
On August 9, Ahmer Bilal Sufi — an expert on international law — told a three-member bench of the Supreme Court that Haqqani should be repatriated to Pakistan to face criminal charges including breach of trust, misappropriation, cheating and embezzlement.
Sufi is assisting the country’s top court in the famous “Memogate” case.
In June this year, Pakistan’s Supreme Court directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to bring Haqqani back to Pakistan.
Haqqani was forced to resign from his post in 2011 after being accused of seeking American help against Pakistan’s armed forces, a request he allegedly shared with US officials in a written memorandum, hence the “Memogate” tag. That controversy came to light just days after US Navy SEALs killed Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.
In March this year, the FIA lodged a “first information report” accusing Haqqani of embezzlement and abuse of power during his time as Pakistan’s ambassador in Washington from 2008 to 2011.

My comments on yesterday’s #Pakistan SC proceedings and the failed attempts to force my return. Time for authorities to accept my right to dissent & stop wasting time & energy https://t.co/Zn7bXd8n5C

— Husain Haqqani (@husainhaqqani) August 10, 2018