Former ambassador to the US, Hussain Haqqani, on Wednesday submitted his reply to the judicial commission investigating the Memo scandal. Haqqani denied all allegations levelled by US businessman Mansoor Ijaz in his testimony and 'evidence' that he submitted during his cross-examination. However, Haqqani admitted to having a telephonic conversation with Ijaz soon after US operation against Osama bin Laden.
However, he made it clear that the memo was not discussed during that conversation. On Tuesday, judicial commission gave Haqqani a deadline to submit his reply by Wednesday. The former ambassador was ordered to appear in person before the commission in Islamabad on March 26. Haqqani denied the entire alleged verbal dictation of the controversial memo to Ijaz.
He further denied that Ijaz communicated to him former US National Security Adviser James Jones's demand to Haqqani. Ijaz informed Haqqani about the way forward to deliver message to Mullen and Ijaz asked Haqqani whether he had made any last minute changes to the purported memorandum. All of those were rejected by Haqqani in his reply. Haqqani further said he had no knowledge about Ijaz's claim that the latter informed him about the results of the meeting with General Mullen.