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Monday, November 21, 2011

Matter of secret memo to be deiced by PM if Haqqani found guilty: Ahmad Mukhtar

Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar has said that if Pakistani Ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani found guilty in secret memo issue which was written to Mike Mullen then the matter would be decided by Prime Minister.

Talking to media persons he said that Ambassador comes under the directives of prime mister and he could not be sacked without justification and after inquiry action would be taken against him if found guilty. If Haqqani wrote this secret letter then president is not involved in this conspiracy. He said that Mansoor Ijaz is a conspirator and he did these things in the past too.
Ahmad Mukhtar said that if Nawaz Sharif wants to take the issue before Supreme Court then it is his right. He said that the involvement of intelligence agencies in politics is not right and if government would be removed through rallies then no system may function in the country.
He further said that he does not say that the US has made the respective conspiracy over memo issue and those parties make conspiracies who take interest in any matter. If US has interest then it may be involved in it.
Regarding the possible military intervention in the country, he said that there is no chances of army take over. He said that in his thinking there not powers present which are e trying to play their role to destabilize the government and disintegrate the country.
Replying to a question defence minister said that situation will come out after the clarification of Hussain Haqqani about the memo. He said that let the Haqqani to answer before the public over this controversial memo.
Ch Mukhtar said that if media termed the previous rally of Imran Khan in Lahore successful then agencies are not behind the politics and they could not intervene in politics. If Nawaz Sharif has target to destabilize the government while organizing rallies then our target is to save the government as People party may also conduct rallies and these actions may not support the democratic process. Government handled every issue and the coming days are tough for politics. SANA