ISLAMABAD: Former ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani said through
affidavit submitted in the Supreme Court on Thursday that allegations on
DG ISI by Mansoor Ijaz cast doubts on his overall credibility.
The
affidavit was submitted after four hours long discussion as per
directives of the Supreme Court with his counsel Asma Jahangir.
“It
is worthwhile to discover the investigation on allegations raised
regarding so-called toppling of democratic government by the DG ISI
including investigations of other damaging articles written by Mansoor
Ijaz,” Haqqani writes in affidavit.
Hussain Haqqani stated in
rejoinder that the contents of the said affidavit of DG ISI that “a
senior Pakistani official had beer attempting to pass on a message to
senior US leaders indicating imminence of a military takeover in
Pakistan” were not known to him.
While stating about said
meeting between DG ISI and Mansoor Ijaz, which was held in London on
October 22 the rejoinder maintained the conditions on meeting that
“Mansoor Ijaz was ready to share the information but only with the DG
and also not in US or Pakistan and the meeting shall be without any
aides on both sides” were highly mysterious.
The affidavit
further stated that record of the said meeting and contacts will be
crucial for any further investigation and to determine the motivation of
this highly publicized controversy.
Hussain Haqqani cleared through rejoinder “I neither write such controversial memo nor authorised anyone to do so”.
The
affidavit demanded that the investigations or inquiries must be carried
out strictly in accordance with the law and due process.
The affidavit comprised three pages countered DG ISI Ahmed Shuja Pasha with para-wise comments. Online
