By: Sarah Eleazar
Unsigned, unauthenticated and unofficial; Mansur Ijaz’s infamous memo circulated amongst the top echelons of the US Government wreaked havoc of such magnitude in Pakistan that we have started comparing the crank document to Nixon’s Watergate travesty. This unsolicited manuscript led to urgent closed door meetings between the President and COAS, an urgent summon of Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani to Pakistan and his resulting resignation; hue and cry from the media and indignant righteousness on the behalf of MNA Farahnaz Isphahani who has threatened Ijaz with a law suit. Of course ISI Chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha was quickest to act and allegedly walked out of Park Lane Intercontinental Hotel London, with concrete evidence from Mansur Ijaz for forensic testing. And yet this elusive document, which has been circulated around media, is shrouded in mystery as regards to its source, author and intentions.
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