Pakistan US ambassador Haqqani resigns over 'memogate'

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Source: BBC

Pakistan's ambassador to the United States has resigned over claims that he sought Washington's help against his country's military.

Husain Haqqani is accused of compiling a memo seeking US help to avert a military takeover in Pakistan following the killing of Osama Bin Laden in May.

The ambassador denied the allegations, which were made by a US-based lobbyist.

The row has put already tense relations between Pakistan's civilian and military leaders under severe strain.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15838839

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1. Pakistani military calls the shots again

A failed state under military/ISI rule sponsoring terror around the world.

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2. Pakistan's US envoy resigns over memo scandal

Source: UK Guardian

Associated Press= ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's envoy to the United States resigned Tuesday, losing a bruising battle with the country's powerful generals to keep his job over allegations he wrote a memo to Washington asking for its help to stop them from carrying out a supposed coup.

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The memo, made public by a Pakistani American businessman who claimed to have delivered to Mullen on Haqqani's behalf, accuses army chief Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani of plotting to bring down the government in the aftermath of the raid against Osama bin Laden on May 2. It asks Mullen for his "direct intervention" with Kayani to stop this.

In return, it promises a raft of policies long asked for by Washington and likely to enrage the army.

It says the government would allow the U.S. to propose names of officials to investigate bin Laden's presence in Pakistan, facilitate American attempts to target militants like al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri and Taliban chief Mullah Omar and allow the U.S. greater oversight of Pakistan's nuclear weapons.

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