Memogate scam rocks Pak; Hussain Haqqani resigns

Thursday, December 29, 2011, 16:44 [IST]

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Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani was forced to resign on Nov 22, 2011 over his suspected involvement in a memo handed over to the US.

The memogate scandal rocked the very base of Pakistan in Oct, 2011, when the Pakistani Ambassador had offered to resign after a secret memo purportedly written by him on behalf of President Zardari was delivered to Admiral Mullen, the then Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff, by an eminent Pakistani-American businessman, days after Osama was killed in a US raid in Abbottabad. The scandal exposed the fragile relationship between Pak and the US. [Read: US says no comment on Haqqani resignation]

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Tuesday, December 27, 2011,1:15 [IST]

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Monday, December 26, 2011,15:11 [IST]

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