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Tue, 06/03/2008 - 19:25
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Sharif says he has been vindicated, wants probe into Kargil
Lahore, June 3 (PTI) - Former premier Nawaz Sharif Tuesday renewed a demand for setting up a commission to probe the Kargil "blunder", saying that his stand that he was kept in dark about the 1999 operation by the then Pakistan army chiefPervez Musharraf has been vindicated.
Sharif was referring to revelations by Lt. Gen. (retired) Jamshed Gulzar Kayani, a former aide of Musharraf, who said in an interview Monday night that Sharif was not initially aware of the Army's plan to intrude into Kargil but on learing of it, offered to support the operation as long as it meetssuccess.
"I have been asking for a commission to probe the Kargil issue for a very long time. (Kayani said Monday night) that Kargil was a very big blunder committed by Musharraf – it was a misadventure that was a major failure," Sharif toldreporters at the airport here before departing for London.
Holding Musharraf responsible for the intrusion by Pakistani troops into the Kargil sector of Jammu and Kashmir, Sharif, whose Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is part of the ruling coalition, said a commission should be set up toprobe the episode.
Musharraf, he said, should be tried for treason for his actions over the past nine years, for overthrowing the elected government October 12, 1999 and for imposing emergencyNovember 3, 2007.
Sharif said "dictatorship is the enemy of Pakistan and every Pakistani says there should now be accountability andMusharraf should be tried".
Sharif said he had travelled to the US to meet the then President Bill Clinton to work out modalities to end the conflict in order to protect the dignity of Pakistan's armed forces. "I took the burden on my shoulders and I did not letanything blemish the armed forces of Pakistan," he said.
Sharif was referring to revelations by Lt. Gen. (retired) Jamshed Gulzar Kayani, a former aide of Musharraf, who said in an interview Monday night that Sharif was not initially aware of the Army's plan to intrude into Kargil but on learing of it, offered to support the operation as long as it meetssuccess.
"I have been asking for a commission to probe the Kargil issue for a very long time. (Kayani said Monday night) that Kargil was a very big blunder committed by Musharraf – it was a misadventure that was a major failure," Sharif toldreporters at the airport here before departing for London.
Holding Musharraf responsible for the intrusion by Pakistani troops into the Kargil sector of Jammu and Kashmir, Sharif, whose Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is part of the ruling coalition, said a commission should be set up toprobe the episode.
Musharraf, he said, should be tried for treason for his actions over the past nine years, for overthrowing the elected government October 12, 1999 and for imposing emergencyNovember 3, 2007.
Sharif said "dictatorship is the enemy of Pakistan and every Pakistani says there should now be accountability andMusharraf should be tried".
Sharif said he had travelled to the US to meet the then President Bill Clinton to work out modalities to end the conflict in order to protect the dignity of Pakistan's armed forces. "I took the burden on my shoulders and I did not letanything blemish the armed forces of Pakistan," he said.
