Objection to cross-examination of Mansoor rejected

Mansoor Ijaz said that he held a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari for 45 minutes in Washington. Bilawal was also present on the occasion, he said.Memo Commission meeting headed by Justice Faez Isa is underway is Islamabad High Court while Mansoor Ijaz is recording his statement by video link from London.Mansoor Ijaz’s counsel Akram Shaikh objected to cross-examination of his client by the Attorney General.At this, the Attorney General said that he is representing the federal government on the order of the Supreme Court. His constitutional right was being negated by discouraging him from cross-examination because Army and the ISI are part of the federation through the Defence Ministry, he said.The Commission rejected the objection of Akram Shaikh and said that cross-examination is right of the AG.Replying to questions, Mansoor Ijaz said that he has some articles in his laptop, adding that he also had shared some information with the CNN.He said that the CNN contributor David Firm also had wrote some articles against him, causing harm to his name. He said that he held a meeting with the President in Washington for 45 minutes, adding that he also had air tickets mobile phones of Hussain Haqqani as evidence.