Mansoor Ijaz gets visa

LONDON: Mansoor Ijaz, the central character in the memogate issue, has obtained a visa from the Pakistani High Commission in London. According to media reports, Mansoor Ijaz personally visited the Pakistan High Commission in London where he was issued a one-year multiple visa, and handed over summons from the memo commission. He was also served the notice issued by Parliamentary Committee on National Security, asking him to submit his written statement on January 24, 2012, and to appear before the committee on January 26, 2012, in connection with a probe into the alleged memo. Ijaz was also extended other consular services at the high commission. Mansoor Ijaz is due to appear before the memo commission in Pakistan on January 24, and before the parliamentary committee on January 26. According to a private news channel, Interior Minister Rahman Malik had said that Ijaz had applied for a visa through email to the Pakistani Embassy in Switzerland. Since he is a US national, he should have applied for a Pakistani visa in Washington DC, he said. Mansoor Ijaz is expected to leave for Pakistan within two to three days. online/daily times monitor

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