I’ll soon reveal ‘truth’ about Kargil: Nawaz Sharif
Says Kargil responsibility claimed in greater national interest

DUBAI—Exiled former premier Nawaz Sharif has said he had taken responsibility for some military generals’ “mess-up” in Kargil in the best interest of the nation and that he would soon reveal the truth.
“I will reveal the truth soon but in in-camera proceedings. In fact, I had taken responsibility for some military generals’ mess-up in Kargil on my shoulder in the best interest of the nation,” Sharif said in an interview to ‘Gulf News’ daily. Sharif had earlier said that he came to know about invasion of Kargil after he received a phone call from then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The Kargil episode took place when General Pervez Musharraf was the Chief of Army in 1999. “In fact, Musharraf breached his oath as army chief when he (had) overthrown my government through a military coup in October 1999,” Sharif said. Sharif, the chief of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and another former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the leader of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), met in Dubai on Friday to discuss strategies to involve other political parties in their historic ‘Charter of Democracy’ they signed in London last month to oust military from politics.
“We got together again ... To discuss the current political situation and to fine-tune the agenda for meeting of the alliance for restoration of the democracy (ARD) scheduled to be held in London on July 2,” said Sharif.(INP) Online Adds: Former Prime Minister Main Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has took the responsibility for the military general’s mess up in the Kargil operation and said that it was just carried out in the best of national interests of Pakistan.
Nawaz Sharif, while expressing his views to Gulf News said that he would reveal the truth soon but in, in-camera proceeding. In fact, I had taken responsibility for some military generals ‘ mess in Kargil on my shoulder in the best of national interests. He further said that the Kargil flare-up took place when General Pervez Musharraf was the Chief of Army in 1999. “In fact, Musharraf breached his oath as army chief when he overthrown my government through a military coup in October 1999.”
Sharif was recently accused of breaching the oath as a Prime Minister by Mohammad Ali Durrani, Pakistan’s Information Minister, for his recent statement that the military operation in Kargil in 1999 was launched without his knowledge when he was Prime Minister and that he came to know about it after a call from his Indian counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Agencies Adds: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said he took the responsibility for the military general’s mess up in the Kargil operation in the national interest of Pakistan. Sharif was recently accused of breaching the oath as a prime minister by Mohammad Ali Durrani, Pakistan’s Information Minister, for his recent statement that the military operation in Kargil in 1999 was launched without his knowledge when he was prime minister and that he came to know about it after a call from his Indian counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
“I will reveal the truth soon but in in-camera proceedings. In fact, I had taken responsibility for some military generals’ mess up in Kargil on my shoulder in the best interest of the nation,” Sharif told Gulf News in Dubai. The Kargil flare-up took place when General Pervez Musharraf was the Chief of Army in 1999. “In fact, Musharraf breached his oath as army chief when he overthrown my government through a military coup in October 1999.”