DUBAI – Gen. Musharraf derided Mr. Sharif for his comments about Pakistan’sinvolvement in the 2008 attacks which took the lives of 166 people, sayingthat Mr. Sharif should be tried for treason under Article 6 of theConstitution for his comments.
Pakistan’s former dictator General Pervez Musharraf has attacked NawazSharif and blamed the ousted prime minister for withdrawing from Kargil in1999 under pressure from India when the Pakistan Army was in a “dominatingposition“.
Gen. Musharraf, who was the army chief during the Kargil War, also demandedthat Mr. Sharif should be tried for treason for his controversial remarkson the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
The 74-year-old retired general has been living in Dubai since last yearwhen he was allowed to leave the country for medical treatment.
While reacting to Mr. Sharif’s statement on the Mumbai attack, Gen.Musharraf, the chief of the All Pakistan Muslim League, also talked aboutthe Kargil War, blaming withdrawal of the Pakistan Army on Mr. Sharif.
Elaborating on the war and its happenings, he said that Pakistan was in adominating position in five different fronts in the war, and that thethen-prime minister was briefed on the situation at least two times.
He rejected Mr. Sharif’s claims that he was not taken into confidence aboutthe withdrawal of the Pakistan Army from Kargil.
“He kept asking me whether we should withdraw,” said Gen. Musharraf in hisvideo statement.
The former president and military ruler also said that then-senator RajaZafarul Haq and interior minister of the time Chaudhry Shujaat had opposedthe withdrawal of the army.
But, he said Mr. Sharif issued the order to withdraw the army from Kargilwhen he visited the U.S. Mr. Musharraf claimed Mr. Sharif was “put underpressure” by the Indian government.
“He [Sharif] blamed the whole thing on me,” the former army chief said.
On Mr. Sharif’s statement on the Mumbai terror attack, Gen. Musharraf saidthat holding the Pakistani establishment and the army responsible wasextremely disappointing.
In the message, Gen. Musharraf derided Mr. Sharif for his comments aboutPakistan’s involvement in the 2008 attacks which took the lives of 166people, saying that Mr. Sharif should be tried for treason under Article 6of the Constitution for his comments.
He also called the former prime minister a “traitor” for defaming PakistanArmy and the establishment on the world stage.
The video message was released as a response to Mr. Sharif’s allegationsabout the involvement of “non-state actors” in the Mumbai attack.
On Monday, Pakistan’s National Security Committee had condemned Mr.Sharif’s statement as “fallacious” about the Mumbai terror attack andtermed it as “incorrect and misleading”.