Haqqani accepts contacts with Ijaz, denies memo talk

The former Pakistani envoy to the United States reiterated in his reply submitted to the memo Commission that he did not write or ask Mansoor to write the memorandum which had sought US intervention to avert any perceived military coup after the May 2 incident. The reply has been submitted to the Memo Commission by Haqqani’s counsel Sajid Tanoli. The counsel also handed in over 100 articles written by Mansoor Ijaz against Pakistan’s nuclear programme and sensitive agencies. Haqqani admitted having contacts with Mansoor Ijaz but denies ever discussing memo with him. The former envoy also said he had not been given access to records of evidence presented to the Memo Commission by Mansoor Ijaz as part of his testimony via video link from London. Haqqani has also submitted phone bills for May to November 2011.