Note: Amb Haqqani issued 360 discretionary visas in one month and not 630 as claimed by Dr Shaireen Mazari. Please note this correction.
Sep 14: One must watch September 14 episode of Islamabad Tonight by Nadeem Malik on AAJ TV - a popular Pakistani private TV Channel owned by owners of the Business Recorder newspaper.
Firstly, for the first time if I can recall, former Senator Enver Baig (PPP) openly said today's said talk show today that "there was lack of leadership qualities"... (read Zardari - his party head)...that "honestly speaking ---there's a big vacuum ever since Benazir Bhutto was assassinated"......"people at the helm of affairs are inexperienced"..."we have given away more than neccessary". etc. I wonder why he has now vented on the media his "strong views" (to be polite) on Zardari's leadership, etc. Nothing's gonna change any way, unless...hmmm...you never know....but too much is at stake here...I better keep my views to myself.
Enver Baig belongs to that small group of old PPP Benazir loyalists who have been sidelined by Zardari. This group includes such stalwarts like Raza Rabbani, Sherry Rehman, Dr Safdar Abbasi, Naheed Khan, Taj Haider, Nafees Siddiqui, to name only a few.
Dr. Shireen Mazari, who recently became the Editor of The Nation, disclosed on today's talk show that there is a tussle going on between the security agencies, the foreign office on one side and the Pakistan embassy in USA (read Hussain Haqqani) on the other side.
Shireen said Haqqani last month issued 630 discretionary visas to US individuals including Craig Davis of Blackwater who was deported from Pakistan. Haqqani also reissued visa to a journalist Nicholas (last name not known) without approval of the foreign office and the intelligence agencies, Mazari added.
Mazari also disclosed that the figure of 1000 US marines coming to Islamabad was first divulged by the foreign office themselves - later on they (FO) backtracked their statement under 'presurr' when there was uproar in the media and the public reacted strongly.
Watch today's Islamabad Tonight talk show on pkonweb.com: http://pkonweb.com/2009/09/15/islamabad-tonight-with-nadeem-malik-sep-14/
It's interesting!
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