Complex sentence: A news report in the Pakistani press analyzing the origins of the Mullen denial stated that the Mullen denial "was said to be the consequence of Husain Haqqani's persuasion as the former ambassador had intimated about this well before Mullen's first reaction".
Split into simpler sentences: A news report in the Pakistani press analyzing the origins of the Mullen denial. The report stated that the Mullen denial "was said to be the consequence of Husain Haqqani's persuasion as the former ambassador had intimated about this well before Mullen's first reaction".