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ISI chief Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha met with Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz in London to his claims that he helped supply U.S. government a secret memorandum in which the Pakistani government apparently sought American help to avert a possible military takeover, a media monitoring report said in Islamabad on Sunday.
Due to the "sensitivity of the cost" leveled by Mr. Ijaz, including the alleged consent of the note of President Asif Ali Zardari, the highest level of the military leaders of Pakistan decided to first study to be conducted by the ISI chief, The News daily quoted its sources as saying.
Asked to confirm whether the official who met him on October 22, 2011 was Lieutenant General Pasha, Mr. Ijaz told the newspaper: "Yes."
Mr. Ijaz said earlier that the full details and proof of his contacts with the Pakistani official who asked him to draft the memo was given to Pakistani authorities. This includes details of telephone, SMS, Blackberry and exchange emails.
The News Reported that Mr. Ijaz Lieutenant General Pasha met on October 22, 2011 in Park Lane Intercontinental Hotel in London.
The meeting lasted over four hours and Mr. Ijaz was "thoroughly grilled about his allegations," the report said.
The material that Mr. Ijaz was "then put through a verification process" and once Lieutenant General Pasha was convinced of the authenticity, "he informed the Army chief (Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Gen.) who discussed the issue in his final one-on-one meeting with President Zardari on November 15. "
Gen Kayani "impressed on the President the inevitable necessity" of the presence in the country, the ambassador of Pakistan to the United States Husain Haqqani, his alleged role in explaining the controversy.
After meeting Zardari, Kayani, the Presidency announced that Mr. Haqqani to Islamabad had been called to explain his position.
'According to sources, the president was pretty sure about the impact of business for good in his one-on-one crawl (with Gen Kayani), but the result was not quite to his satisfaction, "the report said.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Gen Kayani and set up a meeting of the president, the prime minister and army chief on November 16, 2011.
Gen Gilani, known for "not cherish any special love" for Mr. Haqqani, said in parliament that "the ambassador or any ambassador, he will have to come and explain his position."
The Presidency of the decision to act on the controversy was due to an official communication to Zardari at the weekend before his meeting with General Kayani.
"In this communication, the president allegedly had specifically asked for an investigation into the memo ordering problem," the newspaper said.
The report also said Mr. Haqqani will its position in a meeting attended by the President, Prime Minister, Army chief and ISI chief.
"The ambassador will also be required to respond to a series of questions already prepared for this area, and why he's not even an indication of Mansoor Ijaz sue for libel and slander," the report said.
The Pakistani government is officially the Blackberry company contact certified to obtain and "spare no influence, including termination of BlackBerry services in Pakistan, the company was to act reluctant to comply with the request," the report.
Due to the "sensitivity of the cost" leveled by Mr. Ijaz, including the alleged consent of the note of President Asif Ali Zardari, the highest level of the military leaders of Pakistan decided to first study to be conducted by the ISI chief, The News daily quoted its sources as saying.
Asked to confirm whether the official who met him on October 22, 2011 was Lieutenant General Pasha, Mr. Ijaz told the newspaper: "Yes."
Mr. Ijaz said earlier that the full details and proof of his contacts with the Pakistani official who asked him to draft the memo was given to Pakistani authorities. This includes details of telephone, SMS, Blackberry and exchange emails.
The News Reported that Mr. Ijaz Lieutenant General Pasha met on October 22, 2011 in Park Lane Intercontinental Hotel in London.
The meeting lasted over four hours and Mr. Ijaz was "thoroughly grilled about his allegations," the report said.
The material that Mr. Ijaz was "then put through a verification process" and once Lieutenant General Pasha was convinced of the authenticity, "he informed the Army chief (Ashfaq Parvez Kayani Gen.) who discussed the issue in his final one-on-one meeting with President Zardari on November 15. "
Gen Kayani "impressed on the President the inevitable necessity" of the presence in the country, the ambassador of Pakistan to the United States Husain Haqqani, his alleged role in explaining the controversy.
After meeting Zardari, Kayani, the Presidency announced that Mr. Haqqani to Islamabad had been called to explain his position.
'According to sources, the president was pretty sure about the impact of business for good in his one-on-one crawl (with Gen Kayani), but the result was not quite to his satisfaction, "the report said.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Gen Kayani and set up a meeting of the president, the prime minister and army chief on November 16, 2011.
Gen Gilani, known for "not cherish any special love" for Mr. Haqqani, said in parliament that "the ambassador or any ambassador, he will have to come and explain his position."
The Presidency of the decision to act on the controversy was due to an official communication to Zardari at the weekend before his meeting with General Kayani.
"In this communication, the president allegedly had specifically asked for an investigation into the memo ordering problem," the newspaper said.
The report also said Mr. Haqqani will its position in a meeting attended by the President, Prime Minister, Army chief and ISI chief.
"The ambassador will also be required to respond to a series of questions already prepared for this area, and why he's not even an indication of Mansoor Ijaz sue for libel and slander," the report said.
The Pakistani government is officially the Blackberry company contact certified to obtain and "spare no influence, including termination of BlackBerry services in Pakistan, the company was to act reluctant to comply with the request," the report.
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