Mansoor Ijaz, star witness in memogate case, said on Friday that President Asif Ali Zardari had asked Army Chief General Asfhaq Pervez Kayani on May 2 night to not send F-16 aircraft to bring down US choppers carrying Navy SEALS commandos who killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad.
He was talking to media before appearing before the memo commission via video link from London. He claimed that a telephonic conversation between Zardari and Kayani took place on May 2 night. He said that Zardari had asked army chief to not stop US helicopters.
Ijaz said Zardari had given permission to US for killing bin Laden in Pakistan. He added that a media campaign was run against him on the behest of the president. He said he would sue those who had been writing against him.
Defence lawyers have been cross-examining Mansoor Ijaz since Thursday after he had recorded his statement to the judicial commission headed by Balochistan High Court Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa.
Zardari allowed US to kill Osama in Pakistan: Mansoor
