Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani yet again denied writing or sending any secret memo to former US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Mike Mullen and termed it a conspiracy against him.
In a statement given to The Cable over email on Friday, Haqqani flatly denied all of the allegations made against him by Pakistani American businessman Mansoor Ijaz. “I refuse to accept Mr Ijaz’s claims and assertions. I did not write or deliver the memo he describes, nor did I authorise anyone including Mr Ijaz to do so,” he wrote. “I was in London and stayed at the Park Lane Intercontinental on the date in May mentioned in one of the alleged conversations but I was there to meet senior British government officials, including Sir David Richards, Chief of General Staff and Mr Tobias Ellwood, then parliamentary Secretary for Defence. These officials will confirm that threat of a coup was not on my mind at the time, the state of US-Pakistan relations was,” he added.
“I fail to understand why Mr Ijaz claims on the one hand to have helped the civilian government by delivering his memo and on the other insists on trying to destroy democracy by driving a wedge between elected civilians and the military in Pakistan with his persistent claims. It is bizarre to say the least,” he wrote further. Haqqani told The Cable that Mr Ijaz, whom he had known and communicated with off and on for 10 years, once said he was richer and smarter than Haqqani so he should pay attention to what he said. “Clearly he does not think about the consequences of his actions,” said Haqqani. “He may be the only so-called secret emissary in the world who likes so much publicity. He has yet to explain why, if all he says is correct, he wrote his Oct 10 op-ed and himself deliberately blew the cover off his own secret memo and mission,” said Haqqani. The ambassador claimed many people were against his posting in the US because a civilian ambassador had been appointed after a long time. He said he had no objections to the matter being investigated. Geo News reported late on Friday that Haqqani would reach Pakistan on Saturday evening.
It is really a monor issue. Media exagerates it.
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http://www.emptywheel.net/2011/11/18/the-checkere…
Mr Haqqani,
I am not sure what are you trying to convey here. I fail to understand that why do our politicians think that Pakistani Nation is a bunch of idiots.
Can I tell you that this nation is not a big conglomerate of dim witted individuals? These are perceptive and intelligent individuals.
This memo which makes some out of this world promises which is much to the annoyance of an average person in Pakistan.
The only honourable way for you is to quit your job, hand in a resignation, sooner than later.
Lier.
Ghairat brigade of Aabpara industry in media is up with daggers at HH.
I think they are on the wrong side of history.
liar.
Both Asif Zardari and Hussain Haqqani should be tried for treason charges and pubicly hanged
Kaleemullah
Lahore
A good opportunity for PMLN to do politics and snatch power from PPP. PMLN guys r celeberating.
Mansoor Ijaz is an extremely dubious character. Almost everybody agrees Zardari and Haqqani are cunning people. Why in the world would they use Mansoor Ijaz to deliver such a sensitive Memo? Impossible. If at all, Zardari and Haqqani wanted such a Memo to be written or delivered, they could have done so by themselves or through a trusted and reliable person. Mansoor Ijaz alleges to have delivered Memo in May and in the following month he was writing articles against Zardari. Does not make sense. This scandal has been created by people with some other ulterior objectives. As for the media, it is a God-given opportunity to create a hype, increase program ratings and make a living. All sorts of so-called Senior Analysts are having a field day analysing this whole scandal. For them again, it is not a matter of patriotism, it is a question of simply bread & butter.
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