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| Few takers in Pakistan for Musharraf's Kargil story |
| 2006-09-27 |
| ISLAMABAD: Many in Pakistan are as surprised and taken aback by General Pervez Musharraf's version of the 1999 Kargil operation in his book In the Line of Fire as people in India, with some saying it undercut the country's Kashmir cause to the point of no return. The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) accused the President of "lying" to project the operation as a victory for Pakistan and demanded the publication of the minutes of the Cabinet Defence Committee meetings on Kargil. Nisar Ali Khan, the party's acting parliamentary leader said at a press conference that General Musharraf had admitted that the operation was a failure during a meeting with then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at Lahore, before the latter's departure for the U.S. to meet President Bill Clinton. Mr. Sharif made the allegation some months ago that he had not been informed of the operation and learnt about it only after Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the then Prime Minister of India, called him about it. In the book, Gen. Musharraf has said while the operation was "a landmark" for the Pakistan army, Prime Minister Sharif, who knew about the operation from word go, threw it all away by capitulating to the U.S. In a "white paper" on Kargil last month, the PML(N) said Pakistan's decision to withdraw from the mountain heights that it had occupied during the operation was done at the behest of Gen. Musharraf, who said it was the only "honourable' option left. The Dawn, describing the operation as a "misadventure", called for an impartial enquiry. "Let the government appoint a retired judge of the Supreme Court to hold a thorough investigation and let the nation know the truth about Kargil," it said. |
| Posted by:john |
| #1 Somebody send an emmissary from the Arab League to Pakistan Muslim League that it is mandatory to claim victory when your butt has been kicked by an infidel. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2006-09-27 23:11 |