Islamabad: Pakistan ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. In a post on micro-blogging site Twitter, Mr Haqqani wrote, "I have requested PM Gilani to accept my resignation as Pakistan Ambassador to US.
"I have much to contribute to building a new Pakistan free of bigotry & intolerance. Will focus energies on that," he further tweeted.
Mr Haqqani is embroiled in controversy over a secret memo, allegedly written by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari asking for US intervention in his country to prevent a military takeover following the death of Osama bin Laden in an American military raid in May this year.
Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Mr Ijaz said that Mr Haqqani reached out to him saying he is a "plausibly deniable channel" for them. "Credibility is in the eye of the beholder. I was like a typist," Mr Ijaz said. (Full text of Mansoor Ijaz's interview to NDTV)
Haqqani told a Pakistan daily today that he had worked hard to cultivate better Pakistan-US relations and was prepared to undergo any investigation and face any charges in connection with the memo.
He said he had not been keen to serve in the past and neither did he want to do so today.
"I have much to contribute to building a new Pakistan free of bigotry & intolerance. Will focus energies on that," he further tweeted.
Mr Haqqani is embroiled in controversy over a secret memo, allegedly written by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari asking for US intervention in his country to prevent a military takeover following the death of Osama bin Laden in an American military raid in May this year.
Speaking exclusively to NDTV, Mr Ijaz said that Mr Haqqani reached out to him saying he is a "plausibly deniable channel" for them. "Credibility is in the eye of the beholder. I was like a typist," Mr Ijaz said. (Full text of Mansoor Ijaz's interview to NDTV)
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Haqqani told a Pakistan daily today that he had worked hard to cultivate better Pakistan-US relations and was prepared to undergo any investigation and face any charges in connection with the memo.
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He said he had not been keen to serve in the past and neither did he want to do so today.
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