BlackBerry refuses to share memogate data with Pak govt
January 16, 2012  11:20

Right now, the Pakistan memogate commission is meeting on the scandal that this threatening to push the country into further chaos.

While Mansoor Ijaz's counsel says he is getting threat calls, there are claims that his lawyer may not even have a formal letter authorising him to act on behalf of Ijaz.

Meanwhile, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has said it will not release data regarding a memo that said President Asif Ali Zardari had feared a military coup last year, it was reported here.

Geo News reported that the BlackBerry maker has refused to release data related to the memo that led to the stepping down of the country's US envoy Husain Haqqani and a festering row between the military and the political leadership.

The phone manufacturer, based in Canada, has said that their privacy laws prohibit disclosure of a customer's data to any other party without the consent of the parties concerned, hence Pakistan cannot have the information.

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