And this is the reaction to that story.

Just days after a legal petition was filed seeking the ouster of the ISI chief, the Pakistani military today refuted businessman Mansoor Ijaz's claim that
Lt Ahmed Shuja Pasha had travelled to some Arab countries in May to discuss a move to remove President Asif Ali Zardari. 

Referring to a blog on the website of the British newspaper, The Independent, which had quoted Ijaz as saying that he had learnt from US intelligence sources that ISI chief Pasha had received the go-ahead from Arab countries to oust Zardari, the military denied the controversial Pakistani-American businessman's assertions.

"It has been said that the (ISI chief) met senior Arab leaders and asked permission for a military coup in Pakistan. The story has been published without verification at any level," the Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement.