Anwar Mansoor apologises 'unconditionally' for his remarks against SC judges.

Former attorney general Anwar Mansoor Khan, who handed in his resignation on Thursday after his remarks against Supreme Court (SC) judges, submitted a written apology to the court on Friday.

In a statement, a copy of which is available with media, Khan said: "The undersigned is sorry and withdraws his statement made on February 18 and unconditionally apologises for having made the same."

It added that Khan 'has the highest regard and respect for the honourable court and cannot think of causing any adverse comment as to the honour, honesty, and integrity of the honourable court".

Khan had submitted his resignation a day after levelling allegations against some members of the SC bench hearing petitions challenging the filing of a presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa. His statements were subsequently expunged by the court.

However, making an appearance on tv programe, Khan had said the government knew about the remarks he was going to make in the court that eventually cost him his job as the country's top law officer.

When asked if it was an independent decision to use the information in court, the attorney general had admitted that it was his discretion to share that information.

On the other hand, Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farogh Naseem had denied having prior knowledge about the former attorney general's intention to make those remarks.

Speaking to media, Naseem had said: "This is a lie. We did not have any knowledge about what he was going to say [...] It was his own argument and he said it on his own. The government has nothing to do with anything he said and we did not know about it either. You tell me; if the government really knew what he was about to say, would we have let him say it?"

Naseem, when asked if he spoke to the attorney general after the remarks were made, had said: "When a lawyer is making his arguments in a court, they do so without consulting others. We could not interrupt him and so when we heard it, we were shocked and could not understand what he was saying.

"The bench cross questioned him extensively and he withdrew his statement. And by the way, he withdrew the statement himself. We gave him no such instructions. And remember, I was not sitting there as the law minister, I was sitting there in my personal capacity," Naseem had added.

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