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This is an archive article published on November 19, 2011

Pak envoy Haqqani did not write letter seeking US help: Malik

"This was not a letter,neither from Presidency nor from any government organisation," Malik said.

Pakistan8217;s Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani did not write a letter seeking American help against the country8217;s powerful Army but was involved in mobile phone communications with a Pakistan-American businessman at the centre of a controversy over a secret memorandum,Interior Minister Rehman Malik said today.

8220;This was not a letter,neither from presidency nor from any government organisation,8221; Malik told reporters on the sidelines of an event in Islamabad.

8220;This is communication through SMS by two individuals. One is an American national and second is our Ambassador,8221; he said.

The information available indicated there was 8220;an exchange of SMS and Blackberry messages8221;,he added.

8220;Now we have to see that who initiated these messages.. And if his Haqqanis point of view was not satisfactory,then it is clear the matter is open for investigation,8221; Malik said.

Both Malik and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Haqqani should be given an opportunity to explain his position.

Malik said no one could be condemned without being heard.

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Talking to reporters in Peshawar,Gilani said the matter of the secret memo would be taken to its 8220;logical end8221; while protecting national interests though it would be 8220;unjust and against the norms of justice to jump to conclusions without listening to the point of view8221; of Haqqani.

Haqqani has been summoned to Islamabad to explain the issue to the country8217;s leadership,he said.

Gilani added that there was no problem for his coalition government as it had a 8220;working relationship8221; with other national institutions.

 

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