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| Was Nawaz presurised to rescind Musharraf's removal? | | | EARLY TIMES DELHI BUREAU
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 10:
Exiled former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, has disclosed that he was pressurised by a senior military official to rescind the orders to dismiss Gen. Pervez Musharraf as Army Chief and sign an advice for dissolution of the National Assembly and his resignation as Prime Minister on October 12, 1999.
Sharif has now let it be known that he refused to sign the documents saying "over my dead body". In a book titled Jilai Watan Wazir-i-Azam (Exiled Prime Minister) launched in Islamabad the other day, he said that the then Corps Commander of Rawalpindi, Gen. Mahmood, threatened him of dire consequences for 'disobeying the orders'.
Various aspects of military takeover and dismissal of the Nawaz Sharif government, his implication in treason case and life in exile in Saudi Arabia have been uncovered in the book by its author Dr Saeed Elahi quoting Nawaz Sharif. Speaking at the launching ceremony of the book, PML-N chairman, Raja Zafarul Haq, demanded formation of a commission to probe the Kargil episode thoroughly.
He said that the characters responsible for the misadventure should be unmasked and awarded punishment. Many former members of PML-N had supported the proposal after the military takeover, including Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Khurshid Kasuri and Lt-Gen (retd) Majid Malik, he added. Haq said that many revelations had been made in the book, but certain important aspects remained untouched. For instance, the book has no mention of the Kargil incident, who initiated it and what loss it caused to the interests of Pakistan, he added.
Referring to the 'house arrest' of Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan and killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti, he said an individual had no right to declare someone as traitor and kill him or issue certificates of patriotism.
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