Tag: Memo

Haqqani not to be condemned unheard: Gilani

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday said US Ambassador Hussain Haqqani had been summoned to explain his position in the memo issue and...

On Memogate

No need to go overboard While responsible politicians from across the political divide have called for an independent enquiry into the ‘ Memogate’ affair, elements...

The “Memogate”

It is not the memo but what it aims at is disturbing. It is not who has written it but why it is written...

Panetta aware of secret memo

Pentagon has said that US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta is aware of memo sent to Mike Mullen. Briefing the media in Washington, the Pentagon spokesman...

Haqqani to return tonight

Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani has departed from US and will arrive in Islamabad tonight, according to local media sources. A source...

In the dock

The Mansoor Ijaz memo has become the proverbial albatross around a faltering and weakened government’s neck that is trying desperately to escape its monumental...

Off with his head?

It is clear they want his scalp. The military wasn’t ever quite comfortable with Hussain Haqqani. And this whole memo business appears to be...

Zardari liable to high treason for sending memo: experts

Legal and constitutional experts have sought initiation of criminal proceedings under Article 6 against President Asif Ali Zardari for high treason if the truth...

With memo, US gave Pakistan signal to oust Zardari, Gilani: Dr...

The United States has given a clear signal to Pakistan to get rid of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani,...

TEXT OF MEMO

Following is the text of the controversial memorandum allegedly written by Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz on behalf of President Asif Ali Zardari, as reported...

No unconstitutional change will take place, PM assures opposition

Amid calls from opposition members to summon a joint session to debate on the controversial secret anti-Pakistan memo written to former US Joint Chiefs...

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...

President, PM discuss overall political situation

A group of selected federal ministers and senior leadership of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party called on President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday to discuss...

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...

No conspiracy against Zardari, memo a reality: PML-N

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and MNA Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said that the memo which was sent by Hussain Haqqani to former US Admiral...

PML-N and MQM stage walkouts over memo, Mirza

Amid severe criticism of the government by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vis-à-vis the secret memo allegedly sent by President Asif Ali Zardari to...