Tag: Haqqani

Haqqani was involved in Memogate-like conspiracy against BB: Brig Imtiaz

The man at the centre of Memogate scam, Hussain Haqqani, tried to involve Benazir Bhutto in a similar conspiracy during the first tenure of...

Who to believe on Haqqani’s resignation?

The government continues to change its position on the resignation of former ambassador to Washington Husain Haqqani, whose counsel Asma Jahangir contradicted Prime Minister...

Petition on summoning Hussain Haqqani dismissed

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday dismissed the petition seeking court orders for summoning former ambassador Hussain Haqqani in memogate case. The petitioner had...

Party forced PM to change stance on Haqqani

The government flip-flopped from the prime minister’s earlier stance vis-à-vis Husain Haqqani’s resignation under pressure from within the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) ranks, as...

Politics on memo issue

There is more to it than meets the eye Interesting developments that raise uneasy questions took place before the memo case was filed in the...

Take-no-dictation moment?

Now, eyeball to eyeball Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani – usually soft spoken and compromise-seeking – thunderously declaring “there can be no state within a...

Memogate: who says what

Haqqani wants record of Pasha’s meeting with Mansoor: Former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani on Thursday denied authoring or authorising the controversial memo...

Haqqani meets lawyer on SC orders ‘amid tight security’

In compliance with the orders of the Supreme Court, former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani was brought to the court under a tight...

Haqqani refutes story about London meetings

Former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani has described as “totally false” and “deliberately misleading” a story published in a section of the press...

Haqqani pleads not guilty before Abbottabad commission

Former ambassador to the Unites States Hussain Haqqani on Tuesday pleaded ‘not guilty’ before the Abbottabad commission regarding his alleged role in issuing thousands...

Haqqani highlights Ijaz’s statements

Former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani on Monday said the Supreme Court had missed some points while considering Mansoor Ijaz’s statement. He said...

Haqqani, Wajid in hot waters

Former Pakistani ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani on Monday submitted a written reply to the commission probing into the Abbottabad operation, which also...

Haqqani submits statement to Abbottabad commission

Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani on Monday submitted his written reply to the Abbottabad commission. After the statement’s submission, the commission...

PML-N files another application in memo case

Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) on Friday filed another application before the Supreme Court to make three other people party in memogate case. ...

Ijaz submits handwritten notes implicating Haqqani

In response to the Supreme Court’s December 1 order in the memogate controversy, the central character of the scandal, Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, submitted...

SC receives Ijaz’s reply in memo scandal

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday received Mansoor Ijaz’s reply in the secret memo scandal case. Ijaz accused former Pakistan ambassador to US Hussain...

CJ admits Haqqani’s plea in memo case for hearing

Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Wednesday rejected an objection by the Registrar Office on an application of former envoy Husain Haqqani in the...