Pakistan's former ambassador to US 'lobbying against own country', says Aziz

[HAIDER]

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday claimed in the National Assembly that a former Pakistani ambassador to the United States (US) is 'lobbying against his own country' and 'creating hurdles for the government'.

"A former Pakistani ambassador is working against his own country in the US," Aziz said, adding that Pakistan's diplomatic mission in the US is facing challenges due to the former ambassador's campaign.

"This person is trying to tackle all our diplomatic efforts in boosting the bilateral ties between Pakistan and the United States," Aziz said.

Without revealing the identity of the person, the adviser said, "The Foreign Office has serious reservation on the activities of the said person in the US."

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'Making successful efforts for non-entry of India to NSG'
Aziz also said that Pakistan is 'making successful efforts' against India's Nuclear Suppliers Group membership.

The adviser's remarks come just days after Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said India is "not opposed" to Pakistan's entry to the NSG.

Know more: India not opposed to Pakistan's membership of Nuclear Suppliers Group: Swaraj

Winding up a discussion on demands for grants, the adviser rejected the impression that Pakistan is being isolated and said Pakistan has to prioritise foreign policy on the basis of new alignments taking place in the world.

Aziz said Pakistan is pursuing a balanced policy based on non-interference and protection of national interests and nuclear assets.

Aziz said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, CASA-1000, and the Tapi and Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline projects are concrete achievements that will help increase regional connectivity.

He also claimed that Pakistan's political role would be enhanced through membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

He highlighted Pakistan's 'historic and religious' relations with Muslim countries, saying that ties with Iran are "moving in the right direction", and that after the lifting of sanctions against the Republic, Pak-Iran relations will be strengthened.

Pakistan is pursuing a 'no-favourite' policy regarding Afghanistan and making efforts to establish peace in the country by means of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group. Work is in progress with respect to border management along the Pak-Afghan border, Aziz said.

Opposition members, however, criticised the government's foreign policy, saying that Pakistan is becoming isolated and stressed the need for good relations with neighbouring countries.

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The opposition demanded that foreign policy should be reviewed keeping in mind shifts taking place in the region.

They pointed out that economy should be strengthened to support an independent foreign policy and termed the efforts of the Foreign Office with regards to gaining NSG membership insufficient.

Those who took part in the discussion included Shaikh Rashid Ahmad, Syed Naveed Qamar, Dr Shireen Mazari, Shaikh Salahuddin, Ayesha Syed, Jamshed Dasti, Mussarat Rafique Mahesar, Imran Khattak, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and Shazia Marri.
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[VCheng]

 

[salarsikander]

Hi,
The fact hat his wife promised the traitor would return to pakistan and face court, he has certainly not come and is never coming back, a sell-out. What worth does his words carry, if any ?

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

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Magnificent Dillusions Of Hussain Haqqani


George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a simple story: the animals rise up against their human masters, take over the farm, and cry liberation. But some beasts are bolder than others: slowly but surely, a new tyranny emerges under the pigs.

And in Animal Farm — a satire of the Soviet nightmare — we find Squealer the pig, a mouthpiece for leader (and fellow swine) Napoleon.

Squealer has “twinkling eyes” and “nimble movements”. He’s “a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing some difficult point, he would skip side to side … the others said of Squealer he could turn black into white.” Yes, Squealer’s spin is vital to the porkers’ takeover.

None of this, of course, is to draw a comparison to the esteemed Mr Husain Haqqani — after all, Squealer remained loyal to the pigs throughout. But the former ambassador’s scruples are his greatest strength: a selective amnesia that’s spun him 180 degrees; from a student at KU, to a wise man on world affairs at Boston University today.

Which is why the man from the IJT now sounds like he’s joining the BJP (stand warned Sanghis, he’ll break your saffron hearts too). In his latest media blitz last week, Mr Haqqani advised Pakistan to stop “constantly competing” with India — while addressing India over NDTV. Surely Bharat agrees already?

And earlier this month, it was again to the Press Trust of India Mr Haqqani spoke: that Pakistan had lost international support on Kashmir. Might we spot a pattern?

No, not that pattern. Whatever Mr Haqqani’s critics say, he’s not trying for the Padma Bhushan. Turning chameleon again, the gentleman switched from Krishna Menon to John Bolton last April: “[…] American weapons will end up being used to fight or menace India and perceived domestic enemies,” Mr Haqqani wrote for the WSJ, “instead of being deployed against jihadists.” The op-ed was titled, “Why Are We Sending This Attack Helicopter to Pakistan?”

To which Pakistan may have asked, who’s ‘we’? Of late, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US has become the US’s ambassador to Pakistan — if that ambassador were a nagging neocon with an axe to grind.

But to understand Brand HH and why he’s giving the republic a kicking, we need to go back. From day one, Mr Haqqani has been Team Charhta Suraj: a hired hand for the biggest boys on the playground. At KU, those were quite literally the Jamiat.

Outside campus “I also developed a personal bond with [General Zia],” wrote Mr Haqqani. “General Zia was staunchly pro-Western, but had an Islamic vision of sorts that could be captivating. He saw himself as God’s instrument in getting rid of the communists in Afghanistan, which (he correctly foresaw) would mark the disintegration of the Soviet Union.” This paper’s Aakar Patel even suspected HH ghostwrote Mr Sharif’s tribute to General Zia in Shaheed-ul-Islam. Having lent himself to both general and Jamiat, it only followed that Mr Haqqani would fall in love with Nawaz Sharif and the IJI.

But that’s when the mud starts piling up. As the late, great Cowasjee sahib put it, “During Nawaz-I and Benazir-II the most prominent weaver [of lies] and damage-doer was Husain Haqqani.”

The IJI hit where it hurts: from airdropping pamphlets of Begum Bhutto waltzing with Jerry Ford, to forging Benazir’s ‘letter’ to Peter Galbraith calling for American action. But the right’s resident Squealer was implicated more than once. “He came up with the nickname ‘Mr 10 Percent’ for my father,” the PPP’s current chairman told Charlie Rose in 2012. “… Since then, [he’s] made a shift towards a belief in a democratic Pakistan.”

As to why belief in democracy was contrary to mocking Asif Ali Zardari, the chairman didn’t say. Nor did his predecessor: Shaheed Mohtarma took Mr Haqqani back in, a liberal reborn.

Enter Squealer 4.0: like a football forward constantly trading up teams, Mr Haqqani hit the jackpot —Ambassadorship in 2008, courtesy President Zardari’s sense of humour. Embraced by America’s red-meat right, The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg saluted the ambassador with a straight face: “A one-time Islamist turned pro-democracy Americaphile.”

The Iraq war’s leading cheerleader, Goldberg enjoys betting on the wrong horse. He even thought the Raymond Davis murders were Mr Haqqani’s “finest moment”. “Haqqani helped engineer an elegant solution,” gushed Goldberg. “He turned to … Muslim family law which allowed the dead men’s families to be compensated with blood money. This is the ploy that sprang Raymond Davis from jail.”

A ploy flawed in law: were the fisad fil-arz test applied, a thug like Davis would never be let off. But who cares? All hail His Excellency for busting out a foreign national who murdered two of our own — a diplomatic first.

Yet it was too good to last. Like a fortune teller, Cowasjee had diagnosed the delusion in ’99: “[Haqqani] considers himself capable, with the necessary help, of climbing up the greasy pole and leading the 140 millions to glory.”

After the Osama raid, the ambassador overshot; he may have thought the ‘necessary help’ would be American intervention, that it would fix the civ-mil imbalance (if with a new imbalance in favour of American civilians). Reads the memo to Mike Mullen, “Should you be willing to do so, Washington’s political/military backing would result in a revamp of the civilian government that … replaces … national security officials with trusted advisers … favourably viewed by Washington.”

His Excellency denies involvement.

Mr Haqqani now occupies that rarest of spaces in American public life: an exile with an agenda. Other worthies include Iraq’s Chalabi and Iran’s Pahlavi Junior — gents the Department of Defence blows hot and cold on, given the season.

But like all spin gurus, the man’s solutions aren’t solid: they range from the West putting Islamabad in its place, to Pakistan preferably castrating itself first. A recent book, Magnificent Delusions, is a study in our ingratitude (even the front cover is a Stars-and-Stripes bonfire).

The trouble is, Husain Haqqani isn’t representative of Pakistan; he’s not even representative of Husain Haqqani five years ago. Pakistan too has moved on: the war has been taken to the militants, at tremendous risk. Confidence is up and terror is low, but it’s a long road ahead. It’s time HH move on as well, if in the direction of the next rising sun (the Chinese Communist Party, perhaps?).

On another, lighter note, Mr Haqqani is famed for tweeting poetry on weekends. A gentleman of wide learning, it’s hoped His ex-Excellency stumbled across Aziz Nazan:

Ghaflat ki neend mai sonay walay dhoka khayega/Chadhta suraj dheeray dheeray dhalta hai, dhal jayega

Hi,
The fact hat his wife promised the traitor would return to pakistan and face court, he has certainly not come and is never coming back, a sell-out. What worth does his words carry, if any ?

That bastard has bitten anybody that has fed him...

I wonder if he even bit his father whose stupidity resulted in his unfortunate birth.

 

[Lucky Breeze]

Perfect match for mr hussain haqqani,

Before partition of India a rally took place in Lahore. People were chanting the slogans of freedom.
At that time few sweepers were watching them. One of them comment in punjabi " Ye log kya maang rahy hain".
The other one said " Ye azadi maang rahy hain, laikin hum dain gy nahi"

 

[VCheng]

The trouble is, Husain Haqqani isn’t representative of Pakistan; he’s not even representative of Husain Haqqani five years ago. Pakistan too has moved on: the war has been taken to the militants, at tremendous risk. Confidence is up and terror is low, but it’s a long road ahead. It’s time HH move on as well,

If Pakistan has moved on, then why is the Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz blaming HH - who is no longer a representative - for the failures of Pakistan's foreign and defense policies?

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

If Pakistan has moved on, then why is the Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz blaming HH - who is no longer a representative - for the failures of Pakistan's foreign and defense policies?

I don't know .. Ask him yourself lol.

As for Hussain Haqqani is a bastard that will sell his mother for his personal gains.. It's not a lie that the turd does talk against Pak sitting in Washington.. Be it the Viper deal or the F-16 that guy barking all the time .. His opinion is like his asshole..

 

[VCheng]

I don't know .. Ask him yourself lol.

As for Hussain Haqqani is a bastard that will sell his mother for his personal gains.. It's not a lie that the turd does talk against Pak sitting in Washington.. Be it the Viper deal or the F-16 that guy barking all the time .. His opinion is like his asshole..

Are you upset at his personal opinions, or whether others listen to them? The best way to counter any disagreements, whatever they might be, is to present an effective counter-narrative.

 

[salarsikander]

If Pakistan has moved on, then why is the Pakistan NSA Sartaj Aziz blaming HH - who is no longer a representative - for the failures of Pakistan's foreign and defense policies?

Ofc he has played his roles in his time and he will be blamed for them

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Are you upset at his personal opinions, or whether others listen to them? The best way to counter any disagreements, whatever they might be, is to present an effective counter-narrative.

A counter narrative to a man who has as much credibility as Iraqs chalabi?

 

[aamirzs]

He should be brought back to the Pakistan and tried for treason.

 

[optimisticlad]

H.H was also actively involved conspiracies against his own homeland...memo gate is one testament to his evil intentions against Pak....
He is one really bastard dressed up monkey...
how people sell their patriotism just for limelight....just for some $$$$$$$$$

 

[VCheng]

A counter narrative to a man who has as much credibility as Iraqs chalabi?

IF HH has zero credibility, then what is the problem here?

 

[Taimoor Khan]

The man is a absconder to not to any court but supreme court of Pakistan. Immediate red warrant needs to be issued to bring his sorry arse back to Pakistan.

 

[CHD]

Are you upset at his personal opinions, or whether others listen to them? The best way to counter any disagreements, whatever they might be, is to present an effective counter-narrative.

I know you are here to halal your whatever you get, He is saying this because the only way he can stay in US is by doing these kind of stunts against Pakistan. he get to stay in US out of reach of Pakistan courts and he gets paid.

But does it matter no, even what the congress says these days dosen't matter as gone are days when US gets to dictate Pakistan and we will keep doing whats in Pakistan interest and not US so they can enjoy afghanistan.