Military has said that the views of former Ambassador to US Husain Haqqani published in a mainstream US newspaper, especially his account on issue of visas to CIA operatives, has vindicated the stance of Pakistan's state institutions. In his first reaction on Haqqani's article, Director General ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted on Wednesday that the veracity of concerns about Haqqani's role in the entire issue also stands confirmed.

"The views of Husain Haqqani published in a mainstream US newspaper especially his account on issue of visas vindicate stance of Pakistan's state institutions," the military spokesperson tweeted. "The veracity of concerns about his role in the entire issue also stands confirmed," he added.

Husain Haqqani in his article for Washington Post earlier this month, admitted that he had helped a large number of CIA operatives on the ground in Pakistan with the authorisation of the then civilian government. Haqqani had identified then President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani as his "civilian leaders", and revealed, in November 2011 he was forced to resign as ambassador after Pakistan's military-intelligence apparatus gained the upper hand in the country's perennial power struggle.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2017