As Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz continues to spill the beans, this time accusing Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Chief Lt General Ahmad Shuja Pasha of travelling to meet some Arab leaders for their approval to oust President Asif Ali Zardari in the wake of the US raid in Abbottabad on May 2 that killed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, the Pakistan Army’s silence over the revelation about the country’s top sleuth’s alleged attempt to remove a democratically-elected president has raised many eyebrows and questions on the ISI’s role in politics.
A questioner at the Foreign Office’s weekly briefing on Thursday asked Spokesman Abdul Basit that there were media reports that Mansoor Ijaz had claimed that the ISI chief talked to Arab leaders to gather support for a military coup in Pakistan in the days after the Abbottabad raid, the spokesman said: “Ridiculous.” In his 81-page response to the Supreme Court on Thursday, Ijaz gave details of his meeting with the ISI chief in London’s Park Lane Hotel on October 22, when he had handed over all evidence related to the alleged memo. This, however, was confirmed by the ISI chief in his four-page response to the apex court.
Army mum on allegations against Pasha
