Zardari Memogate

• 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.

• I have not fled from Pakistan: Zardari's media advisor

  Farahnaz Ispahani, President Asif Ali Zardari's media adviser and wife of former envoy to US Husain Haqqani, on Monday rejected a media report that she has fled the country. Ms Ispahani shot down the report attributed to her that said she had fled to Washington fearing abduction by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

• Pak crisis: Zardari, Kayani meet again

  Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met today, their second meeting since the memo scandal broke out, sparking off a tense stand-off between the civilian and military leadership.

• BlackBerry refuses to hand Memogate data to Pakistan: Report

  BlackBerry maker, Research in Motion (RIM), has said that it will not release data regarding a memo that said that President Asif Ali Zardari had feared a military coup last year, it was reported here.

• Pak gearing up for crucial Monday; Zardari, Gilani's fate to be decided tomorrow

  The next 24 hours are going to be crucial in deciding what happens next in the volatile face-off between Pakistan's elected government and the military.

• Zardari-Kayani meet for first time since memo scandal

  Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday triggering speculation that moves could be made to resolve the tense stand-off between the government and the powerful military.

• Memogate scandal: Haqqani to appear in Pakistan court today

  Hussain Haqqani, former Pakistan envoy to the US and an associate of President Asif Ali Zardari, will appear in an Islamabad court today at a hearing on the Memogate scandal. Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader President Nawaz Sharif will appear before the memogate commission.

• Government to accept parliamentary panel's decision on memo: Zardari

  President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the government will accept a parliamentary panel's decision on the authenticity of an alleged memo that had sought US help to stave off a feared military coup in Pakistan, setting the stage for a fresh confrontation with the Supreme Court that is also investigating the scandal.

• Memogate: Pak judicial commission issues notice to Zardari

  The Pakistani judicial commission, investigating the Memogate scandal, has issued a notice to President Asif Ali Zardari to present his views on the issue at the next hearing on January 9.

• Memogate: Blackberry records to play starring role

  A judicial commission probing the memo scandal today directed Pakistan government officials to obtain records of the BlackBerry communications between former envoy to the US Husain Haqqani and Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz.

• US discounts Pakistan coup rumours

  The US has discounted rumours of a "silent coup" against Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari after reports that he had gone to Dubai following a heart attack. "We have seen the reports. We certainly wish him a speedy recovery," White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday when asked to comment on media speculation that Zardari was contemplating...

• Full text of Mansoor Ijaz's interview to NDTV

  Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, the man who apparently took President Zardari's plea for help to the US after Operation Osama, tells NDTV that he is speaking the truth.

• Haqqani ready to give his BlackBerry for memo probe

  Pakistan's ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani is willing to hand over his BlackBerry phone to help in the investigation over a secret memo to Washington that claims President Asif Ali Zardari feared a military coup, a media report said.

• 'Memogate': I was like a typist, says Mansoor Ijaz to NDTV

  Former US National Security Advisor Jim Jones has said that he was the person who handed over a secret memorandum purportedly from Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to the US that warned of and sought assistance against a possible military takeover after Osama bin Laden was killed in May.

• 'Memogate': Gilani calls for understanding as Haqqani meets Zardari

  As controversy thickened over surfacing of a secret memo, Pakistan's ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, met President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday.