Nothing can stop me from coming to Pakistan: Ijaz

In an interview with NDTV, Ijaz says he will provide his BlackBerry devices to Memogate Commission.

ISLAMABAD: I am not afraid of anyone sending me threats, and nothing can stop me from visiting Pakistan, said Mansoor Ijaz in an interview with NDTV.

Ijaz told NDTV that nothing can stop him from coming to the country and added that he will bring his BlackBerry devices and make them available to the Commission probing the scandal.

“I am coming. I am going to tell the truth. I am going to put the truth on the record forcefully, and I am going to make sure that the people of Pakistan, finally, are able to hold their government accountable for the actions that they take in their name.”

On Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s warning of arresting Ijaz on his return, Ijaz said that Malik does not even know the facts and had been sending out “veiled threats” to him through different statements.

“Rehman Malik is someone I believe, who is prone to make statements of such exaggeration, that he doesn't even understand what the facts are,” he added.

Ijaz further added that his stance on Pakistan’s army and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has not changed over the past years.

When asked if he would arrive in Pakistan before January 26, Ijaz said it was fair to assume that.

Government forms committee for Mansoor Ijaz’s security

A committee has been formed by the federal government to provide high level security to  Mansoor Ijaz when he arrives in Pakistan next week, Express News reported on Saturday.

Ijaz, the central character in the Memogate case, has been summoned by the judicial commission investigating the memo scandal on Jan 24, and before the Parliamentary Commission on National Security (PCNS) on Jan 26.

Sources confirmed that Mansoor's whereabouts will be kept secret upon his arrival in Pakistan and the government has decided to formalise a proper plan to protect him.

It hasn't been divulged which city Mansoor will arrive in but sources have confirmed that the provincial government of which ever city Mansoor stays in will provide him with the utmost protection.

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