Mansoor Ijaz

• Chief judge in Pervez Musharraf treason trial quits bench

  In a severe blow to the high-profile treason case against Pervez Musharraf, the chief judge conducting the trial today recused himself from the hearing after repeatedly being accused of bias against the former Pakistani military dictator.

• 'Memogate' commission finds Husain Haqqani guilty, says he 'was not loyal' to Pakistan

  Pakistan's former ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, has been declared guilty by a commission probing the alleged 'memogate' scandal that hit the country last year, Pakistani television channel Geo TV has reported.

• Pakistan Supreme Court sets up 9-member bench to hear memo case

  The Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday constituted a nine-judge bench to examine the report of a judicial commission that probed a mysterious memo seeking US help to prevent a feared military coup here after the killing of Osama bin Laden last year.

• No coup attempt in Pak after Osama raid: Ex ISI chief Shuja Pasha

  Pakistan's powerful military did not plan a coup after the US raid in Abottabad that killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in May last year, former ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha has said.

• Memogate: Ijaz submits details of communications with Haqqani

  Pakistani American businessman Mansoor Ijaz on Friday handed over to the Memo Commission four pages of his Blackberry bill detailing his communications with then Pakistani envoy to the US Husain Haqqani, Geo News reported.

• 'Bad Boys' was code for army, ISI chiefs: Mansoor Ijaz testimony

  Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz claims Pakistan's former envoy Husain Haqqani had acted on the directions of senior government leaders and had devised "bad boys" as code words for army and ISI chiefs. Ijaz made the remarks on Thursday, the second day of his deposition via videoconferencing from London before a Pakistani judicial commiss...

• Pakistan commission records Mansoor Ijaz testimony from London

  A commission probing the memo scandal here on Wednesday began recording the testimony of Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, the key figure in the controversy, through video-conference from London. Commission secretary Raja Jawad Abbas and counsel of Husain Haqqani, former Pakistani envoy to the US, and Mansor Ijaz, among others, attended ...

• Ijaz to depose from London today via video conference

  Pakistani authorities have finalised arrangements to record via a video link from London the testimony of American businessman Mansoor Ijaz regarding a mysterious memo that had sought US help to stave off a possible coup last year.

• Pak Supreme Court allows Haqqani to travel abroad

  Pakistan's former envoy to the US Husain Haqqani was on Monday permitted to travel abroad by the Supreme Court, which is probing a memo sent to Washington saying President Asif Ali Zardari had feared a military takeover in the wake of Osama bin Laden's killing last year.

• Pak panel probing memo issue questions Ijaz's non-appearance

  Mansoor Ijaz, memogate scandal, Pakistan

• Pakistan court widens role, stirring fears

  Once they were heroes, cloaked justices at the vanguard of a powerful revolt against military rule in Pakistan, buoyed by pugnacious lawyers and an adoring public. But now Pakistan's Supreme Court is waging a campaign of judicial activism that has pitted it against an elected civilian government, in a legal fight that many Pakistanis fear could dam...

• 'Memogate man' Mansoor Ijaz refuses to travel to Pakistan

  Fearing arrest, Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, the central figure in the memo scandal, today said he would not visit Islamabad to depose before a judicial panel probing the matter and wants his testimony to be recorded either in London or Zurich.

• US assured support to me during Pakistan visit: Ijaz

  Controversial Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz has said he had been assured by the US of its support during his upcoming visit to Pakistan to testify before a judicial panel probing the memo scandal.

• Full transcript: Mansoor Ijaz speaks to NDTV on Pak Memogate controversy

  As the Memogate scandal continues to create ripples in the Pakistani establishment, all eyes now are centred on US-based Pakistani businessman Mansoor Ijaz - better known as the 'Memogate man'. He has finally secured a Pakistan visa to travel to the country to depose before a judicial commission that is probing the political scandal. NDTV's Barkha ...

• Mansoor Ijaz issued visa to Pakistan

  Controversial Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, who is at the centre of the memogate scandal, was on Thursday issued one-year multiple entry visa for Pakistan.