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| 'Memogate': Haqqani leaves |
| 'Memogate': Haqqani leaves for Pakistan to explain his position
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 19-November-2011
7:3:8 AM |
| The air is rife with tension in Pakistan after a secret memo, allegedly sent by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to the US warning of and seeking assistance against a possible military takeover after Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan, in May this year.
The memo was purportedly written by Pakistan's envoy to the US, Husain Haqqani, on behalf of President Zardari. To clear his name of involvement in the delivery of this memo, Mr Haqqani is in Islamabad.
His primary defence is that the note is unsigned and unverified.
The memo is addressed to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, a copy that has surfaced on a foreign policy website. It says, "Requests direct intervention in sending an urgent and strong message to General Kayani that delivers Washington's message for him and General Pasha to end their brinkmanship aimed at bringing down the civilian apparatus."
For India, the memo stands out for a sub-point saying Pakistan's government - under a new national security team - is prepared to fully cooperate with the Indian government on 26/11 investigations and bringing to justice all perpetrators within or outside the government, including intelligence agencies. "This includes handing over those against whom sufficient evidence exists of guilt to the Indian security services."
Last week, after his meeting with his Pakistan counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that India believed Pakistan's military is finally on board with the India-Pak peace process. But this memo only serves to fuel suspicions of deep divisions between Pakistan's civilian and military arms - divisions that many in Islamabad are trying to play down.
As the controversy rages in Islamabad, Information minister Firdaus Awan said that Mr Haqqani's meetings in Islamabad are routine in nature and there is no substance in rumours over differences between civil and military leaderships.
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