*DUBAI: *Former president General (retd) Pervaiz Musharraf on Monday saidthat PML-N lifetime head and the then PM Nawaz Sharif ordered to withdrawforces from Kargil in 1999 on orders of the United States (US).

“Pakistan’s forces had the upper hand on five points in Kargil, but Nawazopted to withdraw forces after New Delhi asked the US to pressurise thePML-N government,” Musharraf said in a video message.

Musharraf added that Nawaz says he was not taken into confidence over theKargil issue, which is “false”. He said that Nawaz was briefed twice andthat the ex-PM had himself vowed to raise Pakistan’s flag in Srinagar.

Referring to the PML-N supremo’s “controversial” comments regarding theMumbai attacks, Musharraf said that Nawaz is trying to malign the country’sarmed forces which is “deplorable”. “For Nawaz to utter such remarks in acrucial time, there must be a hidden motive behind it.”