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| Musharraf 'panicked' after Kargil conflict broke out | | | Islamabad, Oct 11 Army chief Pervez Musharraf panicked when the 1999 Kargil conflict broke out with India and decided to brief then Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif for soliciting his support, a 'fact-sheet' released by Sharif's PML-N party has said.
PML-N, which released part-1 of the fact-sheet on Kargil, questioned the version of Musharraf in his book 'In the Line of Fire', in which, he claims that he had informed Sharif about the operation.
Giving out his party's version to the media, PML-N Secretary Ahsan Iqbal said yesterday that according to Musharraf's version, the first briefing on Kargil was given to Sharif in May 1999 by the then Director General of Military Operations (DGMO). The chronology of events that led to Kargil conflict, however, started much earlier.
"It was amply clear that when the war had broken out between armies of the two nuclear states, only then Gen. Musharraf panicked and decided to brief the Prime Minister for soliciting his support" he was quoted as saying by 'The Nation' daily today.
Iqbal said this briefing on May 17 was not complete either as it became evident later from the recorded conversation between Musharraf and then DGMO Gen. Aziz, which came to light in the first week of June. It was only then that the Prime Minister came to know that "our troops" were involved in Kargil conflict, he said.
Musharraf had spoken to Aziz on phone during his visit to Beijing about the status of their plans over Kargil. The conversation was later released by India, much to Musharraf's embarassment.
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