No Contact with General James Jones before May 9; claims Mansoor Ijaz

No Contact with Gen. James Jones before May 9; claims Mansoor Ijaz

Washington: the US businessman and the centre of the memo-gate scandal Mansoor Ijaz has claimed that he had no contact with the former US National Security Advisor General James Jones prior May 9.

Mansoor rejected General James Jones sworn affidavit submitted in the Supreme Court in which the former advisor had claimed he had conversation with Ijaz on telephone a few days prior to May 9.

Ijaz said it could be proved from his two cell phone bill records that he did not made any contact with James Jones prior to May 9.

Mansoor Ijaz said that six minutes after contacting Husain Haqqani in London on phone, he made contact with James Jones on his residential phone number, adding that after that James contacted him via his new cell phone.

The information of that is present in the statement submitted in the Supreme Court, he said and added that he would present complete telephone record to the SC investigation officials at an appropriate time.

Mansoor said point No. 4 of Jones statement is partially correct because he never used the name of Husain Haqqani during their conversation, adding that he also never used name of Jones during conversation with Haqqani. But Husain Haqqani had knowledge about
contacts with many persons on memo.

Mansoor Ijaz claimed that Husain Haqqani had dictated the memo to him.

The recent claims by Mansoor Ijaz can completely undo the slighter change that became visible in the PPP led government’s stand regarding the innocence of its former envoy to the US. Earlier, both the Chief of Army staff General Parveiz Kiani and the D.G
ISI has expressed their belief into the truthfulness of the memo.

Moreover, in a recent development, the PML-N has filed another petition with the Supreme Court requesting to include Pakistan’s envoy to the UK Wajid Shams-ul-Hasan be also called for inquiry.

Earlier, after the US forces’ operation on May 2, the ambassador to the UK, Mr. Hasan had claimed that the Pak government had prior knowledge regarding Osama’s presence in the country as well as about the US’ operation in Abbot Abad.

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