Islamabad, Nov 20 (ANI): Pakistan's ambassador to Washington returned to Islamabad on Sunday to explain himself over claims that he wrote a letter seeking US help against the country's powerful military.
Hussain Haqqani, a close aide of President Asif Ali Zardari, has played a key role in helping Pakistan's civilian government navigate turbulent relations with Washington that nosedived over the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
It was reported earlier in the day that Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik insisted Haqqani, did not write a letter seeking US help against Islamabad's powerful military.
However, he said that Haqqani was involved in communication via text message with an American national.
"This was not a letter, neither from presidency nor from any government organization. This is communication through SMS (text messages) by two individuals. One is an American national and second is our ambassador," the Daily Mail quoted Malik, as saying.
He said the evidence available was "an exchange of SMS messages and Blackberry messages," and added: "Now we have to see that who initiated these."
"And if his point of view was not satisfactory then it is clear that it is open for investigation. It is not according to the justice to condemn someone without hearing him," he added.
Haqqani, who has offered to resign over the situation, but has denied the reports of his involvement, has now been called to Islamabad by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari to prove his innocence. (ANI)
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