Tag: Haqqani

Zardari was unaware of memo: Mansoor Ijaz

Mansoor Ijaz, the US-based Pakistani businessman, has rejected reports that Zardari was aware of the controversial memo. According to the media reports, Mansoor Ijaz stepped...

PM responsible if Haqqani involved: Mukhtar

Amid raging political storm in the country over secret memogate, Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar on Sunday said the prime minister would be responsible...

Blowing memo issue out of proportion to do no service: Shujaat

PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said President Asif Ali Zardari was not a child and had not written any letter to former US...

‘Haqqani exchanged text messages with US national’

Ambassador Hussain Haqqani did not write a letter seeking US help against the Pakistan Army, Interior Affairs Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday. However, the...

US says Haqqani’s resignation Pakistan’s internal matter

US State Department deputy spokesman Mark Toner has refused to comment on the news of Pakistan’s Ambassador to Washington Hussain Haqqani’s resignation, saying it...

Haqqani dictated the text

Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, who is in the limelight over the memo controversy, said on Friday that Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Hussain...

No, I did not!

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...

‘N’ undecided on course of action in memo affair

While Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has demanded an independent inquiry committee instead of a judicial commission to investigate the Zardari-Mullen memo...

Haqqani asked to explain controversial memo, PM tells NA

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani told the National Assembly that an explanation has been sought from Pakistan Ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani over...

Zardari likely to announce decision on Haqqani today

The fate of Ambassador Hussain Haqqani is likely to be sealed today (Friday) as President Asif Ali Zardari has convened an important meeting of...

Memo was excuse to target democracy: Hussain Haqqani

Pakistan’s ambassador to US, Hussain Haqqani has said that President Asif Ali Zardari will make a decision about his (Haqqani) future. Speaking in a TV...

Gilani steps in for damage control

Amidst speculations rife about escalating tension between the civilian and military leadership over the alleged memo sent to Washington by President Asif Ali Zardari...

Haqqani in trouble over memo controversy

With Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani at the centre of a controversy surrounding the ‘secret memo’ allegedly sent by President Asif Ali...

Haqqani “summoned” to Islamabad for briefing

Pakistani ambassador in Washington, Husain Haqqani, has been summoned to Islamabad to brief the top leadership about Pakistan-US relations. Well-placed sources, quoted by a private...

Slighted?

You know certain impressions of your country have hit rock-bottom when the elected head of state’s assurances on a matter are brushed away. The...

Zardari gives US ‘his word’ on eliminating Haqqani network

President Asif Ali Zardari promised to work with the United States to “eradicate” the militant Haqqani Network, a pledge made during a meeting with...

US drones kill three Haqqani men in NWA

A US drone strike killed at least three militants in North Waziristan on Thursday, destroying a compound in a mountain stronghold of the Afghan...