Mr. Ijaz claimed in a newspaper article in October that he had sent a secret memo to the Obama administration in May on behalf of the Zardari government, seeking American help in warding off a possible coup after the Pakistani military was humiliated by the American commando operation in which Osama bin Laden was killed. Mr. Ijaz later said that Mr. Haqqani was behind the memo. Mr. Haqqani denied the accusation but was forced to step down.
Mwaka 2009 alikuwa ni mmoja wa wageni mashuhuri katika Mkutano wa IMF uliofanyika nchini ambao Rais Kikwete alikuwa ni mwenyeji wake.Bw. Strauss-Kahn ambaye ni mjamaa amewahi kushika nafasi mbalimbali za uongozi huko Ufaransa ikiwa ni pamoja na Uwaziri wa Viwanda na Uwaziri wa Fedha. Ameoa na ana watoto wanne. Baadhi wa wadadisi wa masuala ya kisiasa wamesema huanda tuhuma izo zinamlengo wa kumchafua bosi huyo wa IMF, ambae anampango wa kugombea kiti cha uraisi huku ufaransa.