Former Pakistan envoy Former Pakistan envoy Husain Haqqani fears for life
Subir Sinha
Jan. 4, 2012

Former Pakistan envoy to US Husain Haqqani, sacked for allegedly authoring a memo seeking Washington's help to prevent a coup in May, fears that he may be murdered like former Punjab governor, Salman Taseer, due to the hysteria generated around the scandal.

"My good friend Salman Taseer was killed by a security guard because he heard in the media that the governor had blasphemed. I''m being called a traitor and an American lackey in the media with the clear encouragement of certain powerful quarters even though I''ve not been charged legally with anything," Haqqani told a British newspaper on Tuesday in a clear reference to the ISI.

The scandal came to light in October when Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz claimed that he had delivered the memo to then US chiefs of staff Admiral Mike Mullen at Haqqani's behest. The memo also sought the American help to reign in the country's powerful military establishment. Ijaz also claimed that Haqqani had authored the memo on President Asif Ali orders. Zardari and Haqqani have both denied their involvement. Pakistan's Supreme Court recently constituted a three-member judicial commission to probe the matter that threatens to implicate Zardari.

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