The Consumer Electronic Show 2012 was anything but promoting to the tablet culture. Unlike the 2011 version of the show, that mainly showcased the progressing tablet culture in the world and the US in particular, the 2012 event was stolen by televisions and ultrabooks. However, there were tablets announced but mostly by companies who are […]
Jan 17 2012 | Posted in
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Things keep getting worse for Hussain Haqqani. The former Ambassador has been summoned by the judicial commission set up for inquiry of the May 2 incident in which Osama Bin Laden was supposedly killed in a raid by USA special forces inside Pakistan. The raid near the Garrison city of Abottabad was a clear […]
The secret memo was drafted in Washington by Pakistan’s Ambassador Hussain Haqqani (now retired), who dictated the text to the American businessman, Mansoor Ijaz. Both flew to London on May 10, where they met with the UK Chief of Defence Staff, Sir David Richards, obtained the ‘seal of approval’ and flew back to Washington where […]
Nov 27 2011 | Posted in
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MI: Hi buddy, I understand you/ your foreign office hacks are commissioning hatchet pieces against me. Unfortunate…. very unfortunate HH: I will enquire and stop them. There s no need for any of this. HH: You haven t helped by engaging so much w/ Pak media. HH: What happened to the silent soldier ? MI: I issued a […]
Nov 24 2011 | Posted in
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USA |
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HH: And now they hate me more when folks back home who hate me tell them you and I might have been together on s thing (whether we were or not is irrelevant to them) HH: Grossman is good but he doesn t like anyone playing a larger than life role. Old school HH: That s why I […]
Nov 24 2011 | Posted in
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HH: And no one else might tell you this, you re becoming irritable and losing your sense of humor as you grow old HH: Let this one go. There is much to do. MUCH. And then, there s the beach where I ve been waiting to be invited, the slum boy visiting the millionaire MI: I m not a […]
Nov 24 2011 | Posted in
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05/12/2011 01:47 MI: I just received an email from my link to MM independently confirming what you told me by phone. He says MM was appreciative of our intervention and utilized the data to advise and consent 05/12/2011 02:47 HH: Thanx. On way to Isloo. Will touch base on return 05/12/2011 02:54 MI: Good luck. […]
Nov 24 2011 | Posted in
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05/09/2011 19:02 MI: By the way, the interesting thing is that they consider AZ s approval of the message worth more than anyone else in country right now. How do you like that? 05/09/2011 20:43 MI: I have additional information you need to hear. Ping when I can call you please 05/09/2011 21:10 MI: Would […]
Nov 24 2011 | Posted in
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Below are transcripts of Hussain Haqqani and Mansoor Ijaz’s BBM conversations as provided by the latter. 05/09/2011 12:31 HH: Are you in London? I am here just for 36 hours. Can we meet for after dinner coffee or s thing? 05/09/2011 12:32 MI: I m in Monaco but it s no problem for me to fly up. […]
Mr Haqqani thanks another admirer who wrote an email to an American journalist who had questioned the memo`s authenticity. “Thank you. You raised some good points,” he wrote. “Already contradicted. IT never contacted me or any one I know. Raises Qs abt their credibility,” he wrote about the BBM messages Mr Ijaz had released. […]
Nov 22 2011 | Posted in
Opinion,
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The memo-gate scandal is becoming increasingly fiery and so are the two figures at the centre of storm, Mansoor Ijaz and Hussain Haqqani. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States and his accuser in chief have been all over the internet giving their version of the story to whomever would listen. His accuser, Mansoor Ijaz, […]
Nov 22 2011 | Posted in
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USA |
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