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This is an archive article published on October 23, 2006

145;Kargil pullout was Sharif146;s decision146;

In a new twist to claims and counter claims by Pakistani leaders on the 1999 Kargil conflict, President Pervez Musharraf has said that the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pulled out troops despite his suggestion that the campaign could be militarily sustained.

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In a new twist to claims and counter claims by Pakistani leaders on the 1999 Kargil conflict, President Pervez Musharraf has said that the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pulled out troops despite his suggestion that the campaign could be militarily sustained.

Releasing the Urdu version of his autobiography In the Line of Fire here last night, Musharraf said he briefed Sharif and other leaders at the Defence Coordination Committee DCC meeting on July 2, 1999, about the military situation following escalation of conflict after Kargil intrusions and left the political decision to Sharif.

8220;Personally I have given the military briefing for over an hour to DCC. I have given the military picture stating militarily there is no problem. Have confidence in us and there is no problem we will with stand Indian offensive,8221; he told the DCC meeting attended by Sharif.

After his briefing, there were queries whether the troops should be pulled out. 8220;Two-three times I have been asked whether we should pull the troops or not. My answer was that it was a political decision. I have given the military point of view. The rest it is a political decision, which I left it to them,8221; Musharraf said.

Earlier, Musharraf has said he would he would consider meeting former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif if they requested for it.

 

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