Tag: Mansoor Ijaz

US birdies all around The readers will recall that last week I mentioned an analyst Spengler’s article in connection with American plans for the region...

Mansoor Ijaz, the person who is now all over the place. Ever since his controversial op-ed in the Financial Times he came to prominence,...

Former Pakistan ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani has sued the US magazine Newsweek for publishing an article written by Mansoor Ijaz. Haqqani...

United States Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter on Monday said Mansoor Ijaz’s recent allegations were nothing but “a pile of lies”. According to a...

Pakistani American businessman Mansoor Ijaz opened yet another Pandora’s Box on Sunday when he claimed that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), especially its “S wing”,...

Former ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani on Saturday said that Mansoor Ijaz had contracted a habit of leveling new allegations daily, and no...

American businessman of Pakistani origin, Mansoor Ijaz has come out with new claims regarding the controversial memo, saying the plan to send the memo...

Almost as important as justice itself Soon after delivering its judgment in the NRO case, the Supreme Court has taken up the case of the...

Hizbul Mujahideen (HuM) chief Syed Salahuddin revealed that Mansoor Ijaz tried to convince him to continue ceasefire in the Kashmir valley, a media report...

Our envoy in Washington “Our country! …may she always be right; but right or wrong, our country!” is how an American naval officer Stephen Decatur...

Something had to give On the surface, Memogate came as much a surprise to the government of Pakistan as that of the US. However, the...

Freedom of expression and right of dissent are assured to every citizens of Pakistan. This right, which when exercised, often has lead to vicious...

The memo saga isn’t over yet Despite Hussain Haqqani’s resignation and replacement by a new ambassador, the issue of Mansoor Ijaz’s memo continues to reverberate....

Keeping it in perspective Justice requires that an enquiry be conducted before removing any important functionary of the state for any commission, omission or indiscretion...

Of disputed authors and even more disputed missives The case of Hussain Haqqani is curious. He must be the world’s first diplomat who has been...

A memo from President Asif Ali Zardari to Admiral Mike Mullen against the army chief and ISI, which was allegedly sent through a Pakistani-American...