Hussain Haqqani not appearing before memo commission

Hussain Haqqani not appearing before memo commission

Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, has recently given a statement in which he has said that he will not be available for the upcoming hearing on the memo gate scandal. The stance of the former Pakistani ambassador was made
known to the memo commission in the form of a petition that was filed on Tuesday, April 3^rd.

In his application, the former ambassador pleads that he is suffering from a heart disease and is currently undergoing an extensive medical checkup at a New York hospital.

Moreover, Haqqani says that the Supreme Court has not yet taken a decision over an application that he had filed earlier, requesting to testify to the commission through video link.

The former ambassador says that he would visit Pakistan only after consultation with his doctors, and after the apex court decides on his application.

Mansoor Ijaz, the America based Pakistani businessman had alleged that the former Pakistani ambassador to the United States had passed on a memo to the US which asked for the help of the superpower in order to reign in the military of Pakistan. The memo
indicated that it had originated from some high ranking government office in Pakistan despite the fact that it was unsigned. The reason for asking for the reigning in of the military of Pakistan was because the government of Pakistan ruled by the Pakistan
People’s Party was concerned that a coup may take place because of the death of Osama bin Laden.  

The former Pakistani ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, was scheduled to appear before the memo commission on April 5^th, Thursday.

Haqqani’s application had stated that the SC should pass an order allowing the commission to record his statement through similar facilities extended to Mansoor Ijaz. The memo commission had earlier denied a request by Haqqani to record his testimony via
video link, but had advised the former ambassador to forward his request to the apex court.

The memo gate scandal initially took the country by storm when it came to light last year but it is now gradually losing heat.

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Posted by Rabiya Maqbool on Apr 4 2012. Filed under Pakistan, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry