Haqqani asserts to be guiltless but refuses cooperation The former ambassador of Pakistan to US, Hussain Haqqani asserts to be innocent but is not cooperating with the judiciary on Memogate scandal. After being repeatedly told by the three-member commission that delay in cooperation would cause an unfavourable implication, Haqqani has turned down judiciary’s request to […]
Jan 10 2012 | Posted in
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Nawaz Sharif reiterates that memo-gate controversy is a grave issue Leader of Pakistan Muslim League (N), Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif has reiterated that memo-gate controversy is a serious matter and the whole nation must get to know the findings of the commission formed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The whole controversy arose last year […]
Jan 9 2012 | Posted in
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Haqqani says he would not be king’s witness Former Ambassador to the U.S. Hussain Haqqani has said that he would not become approver in memogate scandal, saying that he was not the real target but President Asif Ali Zardari. While speaking to a private TV channel he said that the memo was the brainchild of […]
Jan 7 2012 | Posted in
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Babar Awan receives second show cause notice in two days The vice president of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senator Babar Awan was on Thursday issued second show cause notice on contempt of court order by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The court was hearing the Bhutto reference case on Thursday when Awan, who is federation’s […]
Haqqani claims being in danger Hussain Haqqani, who was the Pakistani ambassador to the United States of America, has recently publically stated that his life is in danger because of the memo scandal that is one of the key political issues rocking the country these days. Haqqani made the following comments regarding the matter while […]
Jan 5 2012 | Posted in
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SC issues Show Cause notices to Babar Awan and other PPP leaders for Dec 1 Press conference The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday issued Show Cause notices to a number of Pakistan People’s Party leaders in the contempt of court case by holding a press conference against SC’s initial hearing on December 1. The […]
Asma Jehangir and Supreme Court The Judicial Commission constituted on Supreme Court’s verdict in the memogate case has made an unsavory beginning. Two key characters in the gruesome episode of that shook the national politics; ISI Director Lt. Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha and former ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani were conspicuous by their absence […]
Jan 3 2012 | Posted in
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Supreme Court’s verdict on the inglorious memogate case In the abrupt reactions to the Supreme Court’s short order on the maintainability of the infamous memogate issue, it looks that the verdict could be come out to be one of the contentious in the country’s history. The decision by the apex court comes at a time […]
Jan 2 2012 | Posted in
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PCNS summons Hussain Haqqani, Gen. Pasha The Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS), tasked by the government to probe the infamous memogate issue, Friday summoned former ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani, top spymaster Lt General Ahmed Shuja Pasha to explain their respective positions on the issue. The 15-member parliamentary body also decided ‘in […]
Supreme Court constitutes three-member commission to probe into Memogate scandal The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday declared the contentious memo scandal maintainable and constituted a three-member commission to probe into it. Chief Justice Balochistan High Court Qazi Faiz Esa will head the commission while Chief Justice Sindh High Court Musheer Alam, Chief Justice Islamabad […]
Hussain Haqqani, Gen Kayani, ISI Director Pasha in for tough interviewing The Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) has decided to summon Pakistan’s former ambassador to the United States (US) Husain Haqqani in January to grill him about the inglorious memogate scandal. According to the media reports, Haqqani will face the parliamentary panel next month, […]
Dec 28 2011 | Posted in
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Listen… I am Prime Minister of Pakistan It seems that the country once again headed towards a stressful crisis. Pakistan’s most horrible covert was out in the open; the army and ISI (Inter Services Intelligence) have been out of control by the civilian government. Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani lost his temper while speaking […]
Dec 23 2011 | Posted in
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