Haqqani had claimed to help the US in operation against Osama bin Laden
Islamabad (Pakistan Point News – 5th October, 2018) A court in Islamabad issued permanent arrest warrants for former ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani on Friday.
A hearing of Memogate case against Haqqani was held by Special Judge Irum Niazi today.
During the hearing, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) presented its report, alleging Haqqani of embezzlement of $2 million.
The officials said that the former ambassador is deliberately hiding to avoid arrest.
A picture of wanted Haqqani was pasted outside his residence. The court issued permanent arrest warrants for him and dismissed the file.
The Memogate controversy revolves around a memorandum allegedly drafted by Haqqani at the behest of former president Asif Ali Zardari and addressed to US Admiral Mike Mullen.
Haqqani was criticised by the Pakistani parliament for his column in The Washington Post in which he had written that he had helped US forces in action against Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden when the government and the Inter-Services Intelligence had been kept in the dark about the secret operation.
On January 3, 2013, he left the country on a four-day notice with the commitment to come back. He, however, did not return to the country from the United States.
Haqqani had served as ambassador in US from 2008 to 2011 and was removed for his alleged role in the Memogate controversy.
