Mansoor Ijaz derides judicial commission: Zahid Bukhari Zahid Hussain Bukhari, the outspoken counsel of Hussain Haqqani, has said Mansoor Ijaz, the Pakistani-origin American business tycoon, ridiculed the judicial commission by not appearing before it despite promising twice. Before appearing the commission, constituted by the Supreme Court to investigate the infamous memogate scandal, the counsel was […]
Jan 24 2012 | Posted in
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Ijaz will not be coming to Pakistan The main witness in the memo gate scandal that has Pakistan in its grasp has recently said that he does not want to come to the country in order to testify in front of the Supreme Court regarding the claims he has made against the former Pakistani ambassador […]
Jan 23 2012 | Posted in
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Memogate Scandal: The government versus Mansoor Ijaz The Memogate scandal is one of the hottest topics in Pakistan these days and despite what the government says, all the fuss surrounding the issue is completely justified. The biggest proof of the significance that the whole issue holds is the way the government is going about the […]
Jan 23 2012 | Posted in
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Amidst security concerns, Pakistani-origin US business tycoon, Mansoor Ijaz, refused to come to Pakistan. His counsel, Akram Shiekh claimed that he (Mansoor) will not appear before the judicial commission to record his statement in the controversial memogate scandal. Mansoor Ijaz, the key player of the memogate scandal, has expressed his reservations with the security arrangements […]
Jan 23 2012 | Posted in
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Farahnaz Ispahani, the media adviser to President Asif Ali Zardari and wife of former ambassador to United States, Hussain Haqqani, claimed that she ran away from Pakistan to save her life, saying she feared of being kidnapped by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). A report published in Sunday Times cited Farahnaz Ispahani as saying that she […]
Mansoor Ijaz accuses government of orchestrating cover-up to keep him away from judicial Commission Pakistani American businessman Mansoor Ijaz has accused the government of preventing him from testifying over the Memogate scandal is Islamabad next week. According to Mansoor, the Interior Minister Rehman Malik is currently planning a “massive cover-up” to keep him from appearing […]
Jan 22 2012 | Posted in
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Malik says army can be called to provide security to Mansoor Ijaz Islamabad: (Saturday, January 21, 2012) Interior minister Rehman Malik said today that Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) was not a security force, and thus, it could not provide security to Mansoor Ijaz. However, he said that army could be called if called required. Speaking […]
Jan 21 2012 | Posted in
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Mansoor Ijaz may not visit unless security assured Islamabad: (Saturday, January 21, 2012) Mansoor Ijaz’s arrival to Pakistan has once again become uncertain after the rumours that the government might not provide him reliable security. Despite the announcement by Rehman Malik, the minister for interior, to provide Mansoor Ijaz complete security, Ijaz’s council, Akram Shaikh […]
Jan 21 2012 | Posted in
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Army should give security to Mansoor Ijaz – Akram Shaikh Akram Shaikh, the lawyer of central character of the memo-gate scandal, Mansoor Ijaz, has said that he has no trust on the Interior Minister of Pakistan, Rehman Malik and expressed that he would rather believe Hussain Haqqani, but not Malik. The memo-gate scandal broke out […]
Jan 21 2012 | Posted in
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Repeating his claims of receiving threats from Pakistani officials, Pakistani-origin US business tycoon, Mansoor Ijaz, has said he had not afraid of anyone and nothing can stop me from visiting Pakistan. While speaking to an Indian TV channel, Ijaz reinterred that nothing can stop him from coming to Pakistan, adding he will bring his BlackBerry […]
Parliamentary committee cannot summon me, I am not a Pakistani national; Mansoor Ijaz Mansoor Ijaz, the witness and a central character to memo case said today that he was not a Pakistani national, and Pakistan’s parliamentary committee probing into the memogate scandal could not summon him. Expressing his reservations over the summons forwarded by the […]
Jan 20 2012 | Posted in
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Mansoor Ijaz worried over Parliamentary Committee Summons Islamabad: (Friday, January 20, 2012) Mansoor Ijaz, the key witness and a central character to the memo case, has expressed reservations over the summons issued by Parliamentary Committee investigating into the scandal, to him. Expressing concerns over the issue, Akram Shaikh, Ijaz’s lawyer has taken up the issue […]
Jan 20 2012 | Posted in
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