Memogate: Haqqani's legal team advises Ijaz to spare 'stories' for grandchildren

'Ijaz’s statements throw light on him, more as a star of the Stupidisco music video than a serious person'


Press Release March 14, 2012

A spokesman for the legal team of Pakistan’s former Ambassador Husain Haqqani has reacted strongly to a statement by Mansoor Ijaz, the key respondent in the Memogate scandal. Advising him to spare 'stories' of threats for his grandchildren.

A counter-statement issued by the former ambassador's legal team read,“He is best advised to keep these stories for his grand children since soon no one in the world will be ready to listen to his fiction pandered as truth.”

"Mansoor Ijaz’s continuous press statements to influence the Memogate Commission are unfortunate and must be seen with disdain by the Pakistani nation,” the spokesperson added.

On early Wednesday morning, Ijaz had claimed that he had been receiving threatening messages from unknown numbers of kidnapping and killing his daughter.

The threats were sent as messages to the cell phone of Ijaz’s son.

Describing Ijaz as the real conspirator behind Memogate, the spokesperson said that Ijaz had failed in his objective of creating a rift between different institutions of Pakistan and was making a desperate attempt to influence the country, including the honorable judicial commission.

“Mansoor has presented to the Judicial Commission whatever he believes to be facts, but to us most of that consists of fabrication, imagination and Ijaz’s attention grabbing antics. A great example of that are his so called transcripts of Pakistan’s Air Traffic Control and the communication between two high offices of Pakistan on May 2 last year,” the spokesman said.

Haqqani’s legal team added that even a cursory glance of the so called evidence presented by Ijaz only proves that he has great story telling skills.

The spokesperson also took great exception to unsolicited advice by Ijaz to Haqqani on how to present his position in the Judicial Commission.

He further added that Ijaz’s problem was that he believed that his financial, moral and credit problems all rest on the conclusion of the ‘Memogate’ investigation, in his favour.

"He, unfortunately for himself, is mistaken, as his story’s gaping holes which will be exposed within the first ten minutes when our side starts cross questioning him," the statement quoted his spokesperson as saying.

The spokesman further commented,“Mansoor Ijaz’s statements only throw light on him more as a star of the Stupidisco music video than as a serious person.”

The spokesman again reminded that the honorable judicial commission had barred respondents from commenting on the proceedings of the commission and wondered whether Ijaz was enjoying this liberty to issue statements due to his belief that the Pakistani judicial authorities cannot stop him as he is beyond their jurisdiction.

COMMENTS (2)

Naveed | 12 years ago | Reply

Mansoor Ijaz is a liar, fraud & con man & who can trust or believe his stories! He just wants to stay in news one way or the other. Why should be given any importance to him at all. Don’t we have other important issues to discuss? If MI and his family are not safe in the UK then he should stay in his native USA. I would not go to a place where I do not feel safe or is new to my family. In addition this case is in the court and he should not go public and media but to police. However, media is all MI has always been looking for. It is ironic that Salman Rushdie can be safe in the UK but Mansoor Ijaz cannot be despite all his claimed wealth!

Amjad | 12 years ago | Reply

Another Darama of Mansoor Ijaz, first he said that he is receiving life threats now he even shielded his family to hide his lies by self coined story of life threats to his family. One might not rule out the possibility of any fake murder attempt on Mansoor Ijaz for he can go to any length too win public sympathies and support. His quest to live in limelight to keep alive memogate might led hundred and thousands such fake stories. Mansoor Ijaz failed to present any solid evidence against honorable ex-Pakistan top diplomat and now trying to twist the facts by spreading such fabricated stories. But these will go futile.

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