Haqqani’s views vindicate state institutions’ stance, says ISPR

RAWALPINDI: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor said on Wednesday the views of Husain Haqqani published in a mainstream newspaper, especially his account on issue of visas, vindicated the stance of Pakistan's state institutions.

"The veracity of concerns about his (Haqqani) role in the entire issue also stands confirmed," the DG ISPR said in a tweet. In his article, Husain Haqqani, former ambassador of Pakistan to the US, had identified the then president Asif Ali Zardari and prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani as his civilian leaders and revealed that in November 2011 he was forced to resign as ambassador after Pakistan's military intelligence apparatus gained the upper hand in the country's perennial power struggle.

“Among the security establishment's grievances against me was the charge that I had facilitated the presence of large numbers of CIA operatives who helped track down bin Laden without the knowledge of Pakistan's Army even though I had acted under the authorisation of Pakistan’s elected civilian leaders,” Haqqani wrote in his article.