Memogate: US asks Pakistan to treat ex-envoy Haqqani fairly‎

United States has asked Pakistan to ensure that Islamabad’s former envoy to Washington, Husain Haqqani, gets fair treatment in the judicial process into the investigation of the ‘memogate’ scandal. 

US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said that while it’s obviously an internal matter for Pakistan and the US respects Pakistan’s constitutional and legal processes, the US expect that any proceed in a way that is fair, transparent and as expeditious as possible.

She said that the US also expects that Ambassador Haqqani will be accorded all due consideration under Pakistani law and in conformity with international legal standards. She also said that the US will be watching and monitoring the situation closely.

Nuland, who so far had refrained from responding to questions on Haqqani, terming that it was an internal matter of Pakistan, said that it was time to go public with the views of the United States that has been officially conveyed to the Government of Pakistan.