Zardari On Memogate

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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