Husain Haqqani summoned to Islamabad, embassy confirms

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Husain Haqqani summoned to Islamabad, embassy confirms

Husain Haqqani summoned to Islamabad, embassy confirms


Shakil Shaikh
Wednesday, November 16, 2011



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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ambassador to Washington Husain Haqqani has received official intimation to come to Pakistan and brief the ruling leadership on certain aspects of Pak-US relations.

This was confirmed by embassy spokesman, Imran Gardezi, while talking to The News. He added that the dates of the ambassador’s travel plans could not be finalised at this point owing to already scheduled commitments with congressmen and other US officials. However, he confirmed that the ambassador will be ‘traveling soon’ to Pakistan.The summoning of Ambassador Haqqani comes in the midst of the high-temperature controversy created by US based millionaire of Pakistani origins, Mansoor Ijaz, who has exposed the alleged presence of an incriminating memo, which many believe was somehow linked with Ambassador Haqqani. Though Mansoor never revealed the identity of the man he accused of entrusting him to pass the memo to Admiral (R) Mike Mullen, he left little doubt that the mystery man in equation was none other than Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States.

Another top functionary of the embassy, apparently trying to give a last minute spin to the affair, insisted that the ambassador’s intended travel was a routine affair and had no linkage with the raging controversy back home. “It’s a routine that Pakistani ambassadors visit Islamabad after every two to three months to brief the leadership on the issues confronting the nation,” he said.

Islamabad observers however are linking this sudden summoning to the one-to-one meeting between President Zardari and COAS Gen Kayani in the earlier half of Tuesday. The earlier unscheduled late night meeting between President Zardari and US Ambassador Cameron Munter the same evening further fuelled speculation that Ambassador Haqqani’s summoning was indeed linked to the memo issue and that some tough decisions may already have been taken by Islamabad.

According to reliable sources, the government has decided to summon Haqqani following a demand aired at the PPP top leadership’s meeting held at the Presidency a day earlier. This meeting was chaired by the president with Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani and a select group of ministers and senior leaders in attendance. It was claimed by a highly informed insider that the decision to summon Ambassador Haqqani was taken only after the one-to-one between the president and General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.

The contents of the partially released messages by Mansoor Ijaz have strained the already tense relations between the civil and military leadership, and normalcy is expected to return only after a thorough explanation is offered by Haqqani and more importantly, accepted by Rawalpindi.

Observers however are increasingly of the opinion that a diplomatic innings may be coming to a close. According to a government adviser, the unceremonious removal of a trusted friend could come with the danger of retaliatory whistle blowing and therefore any final decision would not be taken in haste regardless of institutional pressures.

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This is tied to Afghanistan in that essentially what Zardari was going to do once Washington listened to him, and heeded his request, was start a full scale operation and occupation of Waziristan to reverse the US defeat as they think that their failure is solely due to that.

If Zardari had complete control over the Pak Army, he would have done this already.

So, Zardari and Karzai are on the same page in regards to US occupation.


Imran Khan's election victory will most certainly be the part which finally seals this era, and puts it away.

[thetruth]

this is what Hussain Haqqani tells Mansoor Ijaz. So Hussain Haqqani is giving Zardari's message via Mansoor Ijaz to deliver to Mullen. the memo basically said that Pakistan would do a full scale operation and occupation of Waziristan provided that US did something about Kayani - what that something would be is anyones guess.

This is what this memo proves and this is what in text messaging Hussain Haqqani (Zardari's man) tells Ijaz. Take a guess how much these individuals get paid by the Americans?

0/28/2011 21:41 [PAK OFFICIAL]: You get to write the book on how you changed US-Pak dynamic and won the war in A'tan (w/ some help from a Paki nerd) :D


In regards to Afghanistan, further US-Pak tension/distrust will lead to the ending of the war and occupation of Afghanistan.

[sanman]

So you admit that your Pakistan is a banana republic, where the army generals tell the civilian political leadership what to do. Pakistan is certainly a very abnormal country that is very sick. Unfortunately, their sickness is affecting everyone around them.

[thetruth]

So you admit that your Pakistan is a banana republic, where the army generals tell the civilian political leadership what to do. Pakistan is certainly a very abnormal country that is very sick. Unfortunately, their sickness is affecting everyone around them.

what I want or say has no bearing on the facts presently or historically. Im just giving the details of what has been going on in this scenario, and how it did matter to the region, especially Afghanistan. Banana republic or no banana republic, that is irrelevant.

Zardari wanted the US to remove Kayani from power, and in return he promises to cut off the "militants" - the term militant is key word for the tribal areas, so what he would have wanted to do in return for his request would be to have a full scale occupation and operation in Waziristan either by the Pak Army or the US.

That is what he was offering in return if the US could remove Kayani from power who they perceive as one of the reasons for the their failure.

Frankly speaking, one region in Waziristan really has not much impact on the failure. If they were to have attacked Waziristan, then who would they next blame for the resulting failure there too? China?

The whole topic of "safe havens" is only a disguise and excuse for the failure. Regional countries have their own interests. Afghans (not Karzai) have obviously their own interests in seeing the end of US occupation of their land. The region has this same interest. You dont need to be Einstein to realize that.