Comments on: Haqqani exit

By: Shazia

Shazia — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I give credit to Mr Haqqani for resigning. He has the right to prove himself innocent, unless proven guilty.
This unpleasant incident has put the diplomatic front one foot back, in these troubled times for our nation.

By: Hamid Abbasi

Hamid Abbasi — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It reminds me of a line from Ghalib’s poetry:
“Bade bay abroo ho kay tere koochay se hum niklay”.

By: Sheikh Salamat Ali,

Sheikh Salamat Ali, — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

In our foreign policy affairs, back-door diplomacy, is practically a way of secret, confidential style of handling state issues, if necessary under or beneath the office- table. Mr.Hussain Haqqani, since long, had enjoyed close, confidential relationship with the top leadership of all political parties/rulers, who used to, both strong as well as weak sort of rulers, just as we have at present. As our powerful ambassador to the most powerful USA, Professor Haqqani used to do all possible ‘things’ which he deemed fit to please the Pakistani ‘topmen’. It was his way
of doing things, mostly at his own, which sometimes back-fired as we find in the current ‘memo-gate’ affair, and for which he had to pay the price of his over-confdence style of doing things diplomactic. Anyhow on surface this is not something unpardoneable in our own peculiar pakistani style of diplomatice-practices.His resignation is suffice as punishment, if an inquiry equired so. The present situation is not,simply, the work of an individual act. It is a collective outcome of our mindset shapped during all-powerful regimes, which we must regard as things of past, never to be repeated again.

By: Fahad Baqai

Fahad Baqai — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

although he is a part of the Zardari team, but Zardari will used him as a escape goat.
Also I am sad about Haqqani’s resignation, as I am of view that he is in intelligent person and has handled the affairs till now very diligently.

Also Army will considered this as their win and civilian govt will be considered as failure which is not a good sign for democracy

By: Dr ALTAF HUSSAIN RAHMAN

Dr ALTAF HUSSAIN RAHMAN — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I have no doubts that Mr Haqqani is an intelligent person and has handled the affairs till now very diligently.The way he climbed the ladder to success is quite interesting.The real picture will ultimately come after the investigations but I feel he is trapped by the divine law which goes side by side of the physical laws.Being smart is something else but being over smart can be disastrous.I wish him good luck.

By: IMRAN ASLAM

IMRAN ASLAM — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Three year period of Haqqani in USA was disastrous for Pakistan; he was either working for himself or his boss, Asif Zardari and not for the country. Pakistan-USA relationship during his term sunk to all time low.

By: ajit

ajit — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It is amzing to note that Mr. Husain Haqqani was trapped in to leaving an electronic trail of communication with a person like Mr. Mansoor Ijaz ,which was authinticated by none other than Suja Pasha ,the ISI chief !
May be we will never know the real answers.
It seems Mr. Haqqani is naive and inexperienced enough to willingly sacrifice his three year carrer as a diplomat to postpone the demise of Mr. Zardari in the aftermath of Mr. Osama Bin Laden’s discovery in Abbotabad.
It seems Pakistan’s military establishment is sending a strong message to America indicating that America will have to communicate with Pakistan military and not the civilian government through their chosen and trusted representative.Civilian government is not allowed to communicate either freely or serectly with the US policy makers. Least of all the civilian government shall not make a deal like Kerry-Lugar which under cuts military component of financial support that Pakistan receives.
This is a crucial and pivotal time for the military power brokers in all the countries such as Egypt,Syria,Myanmar, Pakistan and so on. It is the Pakistan military’s last desperate attempt to wrest control from the civilian rulers which is destined to loose in the end. Peoples all across the globe are not willing to accept the supremacy of military rulers.
US in this context will play hard ball and not yeild to the HQ.

By: Saad M. Waraich

Saad M. Waraich — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I personally am sad about Haqqani’s resignation, either forced or voluntary. Relationships between the US and Pakistan will not be affected significantly but Haqqani’s removal will further exacerbate the civil-military balance problem in Pakistan.

His removal will be taken as a victory by the khakis as they never liked him from the very beginning. One of his biggest crimes was not being to protect “their honor” duing the KL Bill discussions.

Am also quite disappointed in the opposition for the way they jumped on the memo issue and made such a big deal out of it. NS and co knew full well that it is civilian autonomy that stood to lose but for them the short-lived pleasure of seeing Zardari squirm was good enough.

Br
SMW

By: Rauf Soomro

Rauf Soomro — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

While Mr Haqqani’s resignation is good step in a democratic norms and for accountability, but having a national endemic hypocrisy and dishonesty where no one is really honest and free from various considerations, the question of fair and independent probe into the memo scandal is virtually unthinkable especially in the country/nation that has been divided in various nationalities, religio-sectarian and ethnic lines, and all the institutions are not only decaying, but fighting with themselves; and where there is no rule of law, but law of jungle-might is right.

By: Arif Kamal

Arif Kamal — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Haqqani was a much better ambassador than what Pakistan gives him credit for. He single handed had to defend and represent Pakistan during the shameful arrest of Osama Bin Ladin, and through numerous Pakistani fiasco’s. Having met and dealt with many Pakistani ambassadors to the US, I must say Haqqani did a great job. He came with a lot of baggage and was not initially liked or respected by the community, yet he earned his stripes. Zardari made a scrape goat out of him in memogate, and as in the past Zardari will make it up to Haqqani. Politics is a dirty business.