Husain Haqqani is back to (his) ‘land of opportunity’ after relinquishing charge of ambassadorship of an Asian country. The contract of the Boston University professor came to a premature end last year when he had to quit due to unfavourable working climate and circumstance. I hope his dues are duely settled.
The former envoy says that: **“Pakistan would have to explain how and why former al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden was living in the country.”
**It should not sound strange to anyone that Mr. Haqqani who was asking Mansoor Ijaz to appear in person before the Memogate Tribunal, has himself refused to come to the country of his employment “in near future”.
Mr. Haqqani has been advised by his doctor against travelling to the country where Osama once lived. His health does not permit him to fly to Islamabad. The ex-enovy’s life will also be “at stake if he returns to Pakistan.”
I am sure if he is offered the same job again, things may change dramatically.
Quite a hard hitting interview, he says that the people who couldnt trace OBL strated following the Memo issue. And that only in a four hour meeting with MI, pasha was convinced about the Memo. And that if he returns in some TV talk show he could be labelled as a traitor and killed by some agency, and then we will have some hero like Mumtaz Qadri. Most of these things ring a bell sadly.
It was the softest interview Ms. Bucha conducted of late. Mr. Haqqani was given 41 minutes to answer the questions he would love to be asked by every TV anchor from now on. Not a single question hard engouh to bring any crease on his forehead or hesitance in replying. It was a treat for Mr. Haqqani in every sense of the word. It looked like an interview with a film celebrity instead of an almost-absconder. Watch Lekin with Imran Khan for a totally different experience.
Ms. Bucha asks if the ex-envoy had faith in the chief justice, the apext court and the panel which is questioning him. Mr. Haqqani did not say anthing because he is the “citizen of Pakistan and is bound to hold constitutional entities in the highest esteem.” Yet he preferred to quote International Commission of Jurists’ report, questioning professionalism of the Supreme Court. Perhaps Ms. Bucha and Mr. Haqqani did not read the following news:
