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ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday said that Mansoor Ijaz would be provided fool-proof security upon his arrival to Pakistan, FTNews reported.
The minister said he had had a discussion with Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq regarding the US businessman’s security.
He said the government would follow the attorney general’s directives with regard to the issue.
Malik said the government would provide Ijaz with all the facilities that an American citizen was generally provided with.
He moreover said that the government also wanted Ijaz to explain his role in the toppling of Benazir Bhutto’s government.
Separately, the US embassy clarified that Ijaz was an ordinary American citizen and that he would arrive in Pakistan in that capacity.
A spokesman for the embassy said that the US was not involved in the issue of Ijaz’s arrival to Pakistan and that the embassy had no contact with the US businessman on the issue.
Moreover, the spokesman refused to discuss the memo issue which he said was a legal matter.
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