So today we hear that a serving ISI Officer is suing Adil Raja in UK court.
ISI officer's representative tells the UK High Court that Raja “conducted a determined and prolific social media campaign against the Claimant".
www.dawn.com
Can someone please help me understand how this is even possible? Who is giving these guys legal advice? How did high command give this authorization? Is the incompetence so rampant within our most important institutions. Where is the AG and JAG on this? Are they really giving this advice? Even as a non-lawyer I can tell you how bad this advice and move is.
Suing someone opens yourself up for scrutiny. This army officer's plea will be hard pressed to be entertained. And let's say it does get entertained, then basically this officer can be called to the court. He is essentially as a member of a foreign sovereign operating under a foreign sovereign mandate putting himself and indirectly the foreign sovereign under international in this case UK jurisdiction (thereby creating a precedence if he brings some official authorization of this lawsuit. It helps UK courts establish a precedence where they can argue in future cases that the veil of Soverign immunity has been peirced.
Furthermore if I was Adil Raja I would have a field day with this lawsuit.
I would request deposition of this officer, it would essentially kill the officer intelligence career. It would force the officer to be deposed, which would force them to respond to all and every question. In this exercise he would be legally obliged to answer all questions. This could be highly embarrasing and even one lie would undermine the entire case, not to mention make it impossible for the officer to respond. That could be highly embarrassing for the officer, his institution and the country.
It is mind numbing to think someone gave this officer the guidance to litigate. Pakistani institutional competence has hit a new low.
