Mansoor Ijaz issued visa for Pakistan London: (Thursday, January 19, 2012) Mansoor Ijaz, the central character of the memo case has been issued visa for Pakistan. The US national who stirred hype in political arena of Pakistan was asked to produce himself before the Supreme Court bench probing into the matter on plea of PML-N […]
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No visa application from Mansoor Ijaz as yet: Foreign Offic Islamabad: (Thursday, January 19, 2012) The Foreign Office of Pakistan here today said that none of its embassies had received application for issuance of visa from Mansoor Ijaz. Ijaz, the central character of the memo scandal is to appear before the Supreme Court bench by […]
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The Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) summoned Pakistani-origin US business tycoon, Mansoor Ijaz, on January 26 to appear before the body in the controversial memogate scandal. Mansoor Ijaz was the main character who buzzed the entire episode of memogate scam. The panel directed Mansoor Ijaz, Husain Haqqani and DG, ISI Lt Gen. Ahmed Shuja […]
RIM denies access to the BlackBerry data between Hussain Haqqani and Mansoor Ijaz Research In Motion (RIM) the BlackBerry making company has rejected Pakistan’s request to provide access to the details of communication between Hussain Haqqani, the former ambassador to the US and the American citizen Mansoor Ijaz related to the Memogate scandal. Today, Attorney […]
Jan 16 2012 | Posted in
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Former ambassador wants Akram Sheikh barred from defaming him publicly Former ambassador to the United States (US), Hussain Haqqani has asked the Judicial Commission to stop Akram Sheikh, the counsel for Pakistani-origin US national, Mansoor Ijaz, from leveling charges against him, publicly. Through his counsel Zahid Hussain Bukhari, the former ambassador Friday prayed the Commission, assigned […]
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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Apparently, the memogate saga is going worsen with every passing day. Both the judicial commission constituted by the Supreme Court and the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) are probing the issue alongside. The parliamentary panel will formally issue summons Tuesday to DG ISI Lt. Gen. Shuja Pasha and Hussain Haqqani for appearing before the […]
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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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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Supreme Court and memogate scandal The recent verdict of the Supreme Court, which declared the inglorious memogate case maintainable and formed a three-member commission to investigate the matter, raised many eyebrows. A nine-member bench of the apex court with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the chair said that the court will probe the controversial […]
Dec 31 2011 | Posted in
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