Memo’s Credibility

Zardari spokesman Babar said Dec. 17 he wouldn’t discuss the case as it is before the courts. Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas didn’t return calls. Former U.S. national security adviser General James Jones, who says he delivered Ijaz’s memo to Admiral Mike Mullen, then chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he had no reason to believe Haqqani was involved and that he didn’t find the note credible, UGG Classic Mini 5854Associated Press said Dec. 17. Tension with the U.S., Pakistan’s largest aid provider, and political turmoil have undermined investor confidence in the economy and caused the rupee to drop to a record low against the dollar Dec. 9, Sayem Ali, an economist at Standard Chartered in Karachi, said. Policy makers are aiming to boost growth from 2.4 percent in the year ended June 30, one of Pakistan’s lowest expansions in a decade. Foreign direct investment fell 28 percent in the four months through October from a year earlier.