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Farah Stockman

Political survival test for BU’s Haqqani

By Farah Stockman

 |  Globe Columnist  

  January 03, 2012

You might think that an effort to protect an elected government from a military coup might elicit praise from the public. Not in Pakistan. The rumor that Husain Haqqani might have asked for American help has sparked such outrage that Haqqani - a Boston University professor who served as Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States - was forced to resign.

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