Uploaded by cctvnewschannel on 22 Nov 2011 - Pakistan's ambassador to the United States resigned on Tuesday, days after he was alleged to be behind a memo accusing the Pakistani military of plotting a coup in May.
Pakistani state television said Husain Haqqani's resignation had been accepted by the prime minister, following a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari, the head of the Army, and intelligence chiefs.
Haqqani is close to Zardari but estranged from Pakistan's military. He became entangled in controversy after Pakistani-American businessman, Mansoor Ijaz, published a column in the Financial Times.
Ijaz says Haqqani's memo to the Pentagon sought US help to avert a military coup in the days after the May US raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
