Husain Haqqani reaches Islamabad from US

Husain Haqqani reaches Islamabad from US

Pakistan Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani arrived in Islamabad after a week of hectic events that may cost him his job, and even create a new precedent for the country.

Haqqani’s plane from Doha was due to land at Islamabad airport at a little over 2 am early Sunday morning.

However, an hour after his flight landed, the ambassador failed to emerge from the doors to greet the waiting media men. It is believed that the envoy opted to take another route out of the airport.

Haqqani landed in the eye of the storm when a memo was published online by foreign news papers, which alleged fears of a military coup in Pakistan and the army’s complicity in wake of the Osama bin Laden raid.

The memo was allegedly delivered to US Admiral Mike Mullen by Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz at the behest of Ambassador Haqqani in the week after the Bin Laden raid.

The memo along with displaying a greater willingness to allow ‘boots on the ground’ operations, had requested the help of US and its military to send a direct and strong message to the Pakistani army chief General Kayani, warning against the wisdom of a
coup against the ruling Zardari-led democratic government.

Haqqani has denied his role in any stage of drafting or delivering the memo. However, President Zardari summoned Haqqani to brief him over the memo. Haqqani had offered to resign to quell the current crisis, however the government maintains that Haqqani
will be given a chance to explain his side of the story before making any decisions over his job.

Haqqani will now meet Pakistan President Zardari in Islamabad at the earliest to give his side of the story regarding the whole debacle.

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Posted by Ammar Ahmad on Nov 19 2011. Filed under Latest News, Pakistan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry