Islamabad, Jan 13 (ANI): Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz has not yet disclosed the exact date about his visit to Pakistan, though he assured that he would be going there to testify on the Memo-Gate issue.
Ijaz, who was expected to brief the judicial commission probing the Memo Gate incident on January 16, said that he would be applying for his Pakistani visa on Friday and would travel to the country after January 16, The News reports.
It was reported earlier that Ijaz was under pressure from the American government and reluctant to travel to Pakistan under the prevailing situation.
The Foreign Office said that till Thursday, its High Commission in London or any other consulate had not received Ijaz's visa application.
In a statement Ijaz said: "Press reports and media rumors that I may not be coming to Pakistan to offer my testimony before the Judicial Commission are simply wrong. Some important security-related concerns have arisen as the date of my testimony nears".
"Certain adjustments are being made that are not for public dissemination. Reports that the American government has put any pressure on me to not testify are false."
"To the contrary, I have received broad-based and bipartisan support from my fellow Americans for my willingness to speak truth to power and to put my factual recounting of events related to the Memorandum in question on the record before the Commission," he added.
The Memo Gate issue came up when Ijaz disclosed that the former Pakistan Ambassador to the US sought his help to reach out to the then Chairman of the US Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen to convey Islamabad's concern over the country's military interference, following the killing of former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. (ANI)
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