‘Mansoor playing politics on Memo issue’

A spokesman for Hussain Haqqani’s legal team has said that Mansoor Ijaz is once again playing politics through media statements on the issue of Memo currently being probed by a high powered commission in Pakistan.
Responding to a statement issued by Mansoor Ijaz, the spokesman said that neither Hussain Haqqani nor his legal team were commenting on the proceedings of the commission as the honourable commission has asked the respondents in the issue to refrain from talking to the media and “Mansoor Ijaz should also wait for the commission proceedings to end.”
The spokesman said Mansoor Ijaz, a US citizen, decided to get involved in Pakistani politics himself and was now seemingly worried about the media scrutiny of his character and financial dealings in the international media as well as the Pakistani media.
“Whatever Mansoor Ijaz may or may not have done in his life, whether commenting on a nude video or being the subject of judicial decisions over bank loan defaults only reflects who he is and if the media here or abroad is looking into it he needs to respond to the substance of the charges instead of blaming us without proof of responsibility for its publication,” the spokesman said.
He said further neither Husain Haqqani nor the elected government of Pakistan controls international or domestic media.
The spokesman said Mansoor Ijaz had been threatening various media outlets of legal actions since media started looking into his past but had not done so as he was aware that media was only reporting verifiable facts.
“It is unfortunate that Mansoor Ijaz has decided to mislead the media about the memo issue by repeating his concocted stories.”
As for his claims and clever tricks of developing a story around some messages that he claims to be evidence we will expose that before the commission, the spokesman said. He added that now the commission had facilitated Mansoor Ijaz to present his version before it, he should wait for the commission’s findings instead of issuing statements.
“The legal team is preparing to cross examine him about his claims and his so called evidence and also preparing to take him to court for false allegations against Haqqani and the democratic government of Pakistan. Legal action is also being contemplated against those who have helped Mansoor Ijaz to create this artificial crisis,” the statement concluded.