Sarah Khan
19 March 2017
In his latest article published in
leading US daily, “The Washington Post”, Pakistan’s ex-ambassador to US, Hussain
Haqqani appointed by Pakistan People’s Party leadership, has successfully
libeled Pakistan at behest of his masters in RAW and CIA. In his recent
article, “"Yes, the Russian
ambassador met Trump’s team. So? That’s what we diplomats do” Haqqani wrote “The relationships I
forged with members of Obama’s campaign team also led to closer cooperation
between Pakistan and the United States in fighting terrorism over the
31/2 years I served as ambassador. These connections eventually enabled
the United States to discover and eliminate bin Laden without depending on
Pakistan’s intelligence service or military, which were suspected of sympathy
toward Islamist militants.” In other words, he confessed that he
facilitated CIA spies to launch operation inside Pakistani territory.
Osama was
killed in Pakistan or not is a different story as US has not given any proof to
it but Haqqani’s article and confession depicts the nefarious role played by a
Pakistani Ambassador in defaming its country. Moreover, the writing of an
article in renowned US daily is a clear indication of his loyalties with his
masters in CIA, who want to keep the issue of OBL killing live by publishing
the story time and again as they did in case of alleged proliferation by AQ
Khan.
Appointing a man of duplicitous character as Pakistan’s ambassador
to US was a serious blow to Pakistan’s relations with superpower. And Hussain
Haqqani exploited the granted opportunity at its fullest. Haqqani is known for
shifting loyalties even in Pakistani politics. He began to develop a coherent
argument against the military’s dominance of Pakistani politics. He was in
student politics some 43 years ago, affiliated with the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba
(IJT); he praised General Ziaul Haq in the 1980s as a young journalist before
working for Nawaz Sharif. He switched sides and became close to Benazir Bhutto
and Asif Ali Zardari, ending up as Pakistan’s ambassador to the US after a
stint in exile during the Musharraf years. His appointment as ambassador to US
by PPP was nothing less than a treason again Pakistan. During his tenure, he
not only ruined his bilateral ties between two allies but facilitated RAW/ CIA
to carry out nefarious activities inside Pakistan.
In an article titled, “Why Are We Sending This Attack
Helicopter to Pakistan?” Haqqani
wrote for the WSJ, “instead
of being deployed against jihadists, American weapons will end up being used to
fight or menace India and perceived domestic enemies”. 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 he can’t be even termed as US Ambassador to
Pakistan because mostly US ambassadors to Pakistan have portrayed a positive
image of Pakistan in their statements and writings. For instance, Cameron
Munter and Robin Raphel always praised Pakistan for playing a positive role at
regional and global level.
Though
he was nominated as Pakistan’s ambassador to US and his job was to enhance
bilateral ties between two countries, instead Haqqani played at the hands of
CIA/ RAW to spoil bilateral relations between Pakistan and US. According to
media reports, he granted Pakistani visa to hundreds of CIA agents within a few
days. Vali Nasr in his renowned book, Dispensable Nation has noted that
there is more CIA presence and lesser diplomatic US presence in Pakistan.
After his removal as ambassador from US, he has been playing
openly in the hands of Indians. He frequently visits India and attends seminars
and conferences, where his only purpose is to deliver anti-Pakistan speeches. His
academic critique of Pakistan’s state ideology, and defence and foreign
policies must be ridiculed as that of an opportunist, who now works either for
the Americans or the Indians, or possibly both. Haqqani is a turncoat and a traitor
whose nationality must be revoked by government of Pakistan.
The writer can be reached
at ardent.jingo@gmail.com
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