The objective of the letter to Admiral Mike Mullen is a plot to push national institutions of Pakistan into conflict with each other, the Awami National Party (ANP) said on Monday. In an exclusive interview with Online, ANP Central Vice President Bushra Gohar said, “This has proven that US citizen Mansoor Ijaz had handed over the letter to Mullen,”, however, she said it was still to be proven if someone else from Pakistan or the Pakistani ambassador in Washington, Hussain Haqqani, was involved in the episode.
She said there was something fishy in the entire episode, adding, “After the Abbottabad incident, everybody in Pakistan were shocked and had several uncertainties. They were asking each other as what was al Qaeda top leader Osama Bin Laden doing in the city, how he was hunted by the intruding US choppers and shifted overnight outside.” A military coup was impossible in the circumstances Bushra said, adding that writing a letter about fears of a coup by a responsible government official to any person was beyond comprehension. She said a conspiracy was being hatched against the institutions of Pakistan and hence two controversial letters, the other being allegedly written by MQM chief Altaf Hussain to the British prime minister. “But one thing was common in the two letters and that was that both were directly written by foreigners and not Pakistanis. This point worth to be noted is that a foreigner cannot be interested in stabilising the country’s institutions,” she said.
Nevertheless, the ANP vice president said stern action should be taken against the culprit after a thorough probe. Regarding the mode of investigation, she said the institutions including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should investigate the issue and then the final report should be brought before parliament. About continuation of the service of Haqqani as Pakistani ambassador to Washington, she said she was not sure. “I think an ambassador should never be a political appointee, nor he should be from military. A career diplomat is always best for such a slot. A career diplomat professionally knows how to handle matters of his country’s interest.”
