Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz. - File Photo

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz informed the memo probe commission on Friday that he would be available in the second half of January to testify before it.

He also offered for forensic investigation his BlackBerry sets through which he had allegedly communicated with former ambassador Husain Haqqani.

In an application filed through his counsel Akram Sheikh, Mr Ijaz said he would be available from Jan 16 to 20 and it might not be possible to complete the process of forensic investigation before that.

He suggested a number of measures for expeditious disposal of the matter. For collection of the requisite data and to ease the commission’s burden in collecting key evidence, he said he was ready to waive his privacy rights and to surrender his BlackBerry sets voluntarily and willingly and his two PIN numbers related to all communication between him and Mr Haqqani.

Mr Ijaz requested the commission to direct Mr Haqqani to also surrender his sets and privacy rights.

According to the application, the PIN he had used for BlackBerry messenger from May 9 to 12 was 2100A04F, while Mr Haqqani was using the PIN 2326A31D during the period. From Oct 28 to Nov 4, the PIN used by Mr Ijaz was 21A5EC74 and by Mr Haqqani 287EF1E9.

Instead of waiting for a reply from the Canada-based Research in Motion (RIM) company which might take time, “it could be much faster for expeditious compliance with the deadline set by the august Supreme Court that this honourable commission in terms of its order dated Jan 2, 2012, appoints its forensic specialist and directs him to visit the CEO of RIM at the site of its server for European communications at Berkshire, England,” Mr Ijaz said.

He said it might be expedient to contact RIM’s Chief Legal Officer Karima Bawa, Head of European Operations Stephen Bates and the head of USA operations in Irving, Texas, where the two data servers were located that would hold the technical data and record of communication between him and Mr Haqqani.

He said the telephone service providers of Mr Haqqani (presumably either ATT, Verizon or Sprint) in the United States might be contacted to obtain the record of calls of both his numbers, +12022702570 and +16179532835, between April 22 and Nov 30, 2011.

Mr Ijaz said he would instruct his service provider in the United Kingdom to provide a copy of the relevant telephone records directly to the commission upon his presence in front of it to present his testimony.

He requested the commission to issue directives to the counsel general at the Pakistani high commission in London for immediate issuance of visa to him to visit the country and to the relevant agencies of the federation to take all possible measures for his safety, security and safe return. He said he was coming to depose despite having an apparently conflicting point of view with the government.

Meanwhile, Sajid Tanoli, one of the defence counsel for Mr Haqqani, said he and senior counsel Zahaid Bukhari would appear before the commission on Monday and present their client’s point of view.

He said Mr Ijaz had levelled false allegations against his client and he would have to present evidence to prove them.

“We are accused and we will defend our case in the commission instead of haphazardly handing over to the commission the record Mr Ijaz is demanding from our side. We will first examine what he submits to prove his allegations and then decide what we should present in our defence,” the lawyer added.