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New reveling information in Pakistan’s Memogate scandal.

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A Pakistan First Research Institute Exclusive.

Islamabad -- The Memogate scandal has shaken the foundations of the government in Pakistan. With recent petitions filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan by various political personalities the scandal has taken a major turn. If President Asif Ali Zardari is found linked to this scandal he can lose his Presidency. It is worth mentioning here that according to the law of Pakistan, President Zardari will not be able to take part in politics of Pakistan for two years after quitting presidency. This can become major hit to Pakistan People’s Party’s politics since their current chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, a 23 year old, has joined practical politics in last few weeks; apparently leaving ruling party without a leader. According to the sources close to Presidency, in case of such scenario President’s sister will take over the party until Bilawal is ‘ready’.

The institute’s sources provided it with certain alleged evidences regarding Memogate scandal. This included picture of Blackberry device with the alleged conversations on them between Hussain Haqqani and Mansoor Ijaz, the two main characters of Memogate. The picture is shared here for our readers. We would like to make it clear that we did not forensically confirm if this picture is fake or not. Therefore it is presented as is. The timing of the conversations as provided by Mansoor Ijaz are found be correct as seen in the picture. Our sources mentioned that details are also confirmed by data provided by “Research In Motion”, company that runs Blackberry service.

It was also learnt from studying the information gained by our research institute that some other personalities including Haqqani’s wife Farah Naz Isphani might also be involved in this issue. The known facts related to Haqqani’s third wife mentioned in the alleged conversation and her ‘friends’ needs to be assessed closely. Before becoming the Member of National Assembly of Pakistan she was in key position in Voice of America. A tool used by American administration to convey their message to Pakistani public through media.

According to Brig (R) Simon Sharaf, a defense analyst, Isfahani was reportedly in the team of Mr. Selig Harrison moderator for Carnegie Endowment for Peace – based in Washington. Carnegie wields a significant influence in the United States Congress.  Mr. Harrison is reputed to be a strong anti Pakistan lobbyist. The duo is also responsible along with Zalmy Khalilzad – an Afghani born American and Shirin Tahir Kheli a Pakistani born American, for playing a key role in the rise of Maj Gen Mehmood Durrani of Balusa Group having similar woven nature as Mr. Haqqani. It is a known public fact that Gen Durrani and Hussain Haqqani were part of Balusa Group. It is worth noting that Balusa Group also enlists General Satish Nambiar, Raja Mohan, Bharat Bhushan and a former RAW official as its members.

From our analysis we understand here that Mr. Haqqani was not alone in this act. When contacted Mr. Haqqani claimed that the given picture is fake and did not comment further. Other PPP sources did not entertain our request for comments on the issue.

It is again reminded that we do not take a stand on the issue as it is pending in Supreme Court of Pakistan or if the picture is fake or not. This information, as learned, is provided, as is, in public and national interest of the country.

**UPDATE: Mansoor Ijaz has released the same picture in Newsweek Magazine and claims that it is not fake.

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