Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Haqqani fled from Pakistan after the lifting of the ban by the Supreme Court


Husain Haqqani

Former Pakistani ambassador rushed in Washington, Husain Haqqani Tuesday to leave the country after the Supreme Court lifted a travel ban that was imposed on it.

Haqqani and arrived to the Benazir Bhutto International Airport under heavy security guard, without giving any statements to the media.

Haqqani and left Islamabad in the early hours of Tuesday morning on a flight with Etihad Airways to United Arab Emirates on his way to Abu Dhabi, and from there to the United States.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has allowed the Haqqani yesterday to travel abroad on a petition filed by lawyer Asma Jahangir entrusted to him paid by the sons of her client that the residents abroad, and that he should be allowed to visit them.

The Haqqani, a key figure in the scandal, "Memo Gate", which erupted last month, and caused great strain between the civilian government and powerful military establishment in Pakistan after it was attributed to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari ordered that a confidential memo to the United States requesting from Washington to support his intention to change the leadership of the army and to include intelligence officers loyal to him and to the West.

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