ISLAMABAD: The core committee of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Friday discussed the controversy surrounding Ambassador to US Husain Haqqani over a secret memo alleged to have been sent by President Asif Ali Zardari to former chairman of US joint chiefs of staff Admiral Mike Mullen.
The committee meeting was held under the chairmanship of President Zardari who is also the party’s co-chairman.
The president took the party’s top leadership into confidence over his meeting with Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and said that an investigation would be held into the matter.
Party stalwarts termed the situation grim and said that the opposition was taking advantage of the circumstances and attacking the government on this front.
President Zardari directed PPP leaders to effectively counter the opposition’s propaganda.
The president also discussed Zulfiqar Mirza’s London visit and his meeting with Scotland Yard officials with party officials and assured the core committee that he was not directing the former minister.
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