Interior ministry denies delay in issuing visa to Hussain Haqqani

The former envoy says his passport is delayed for his policy differences with the government

The Ministry of Interior denied on Monday any delay in issuance of visa to former ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani.

Media reports on Sunday had quoted the envoy as saying that his passport was not issued despite a passage of 11 weeks and due documentation.

The envoy had accused that his passport was delayed for his disagreement with the government on its policies.

According to a spokesperson of the Ministry, Haqqani's passport had been sent to Pakistan embassy in United States.

The envoy had applied for a new passport and that the process was subsequently initiated, added the spokesperson.

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The ministry representative, however, denied any role of the ministry in the delay of the process.

Haqqani is accused of authoring a memo that alleged the army of plotting a coup after the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden a year earlier.

The scandal broke when businessman Mansoor Ijaz said Haqqani had asked that the memo be delivered to the US Defense Department for help in reining in the military.