Kargil was Mush ploy to topple Pak govt: Sharif aide

Lahore, February 4 

Pakistan’s former dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf was responsible for no breakthrough on the Kashmir issue as he launched the Kargil operation without the civilian government’s approval to “sabotage” the talks with India and topple the Nawaz Sharif government, a close aide of the then Prime Minister said on Monday.

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader and Senator Pervaiz Rashid told reporters that “Sharif and the Indian leadership were holding talks on Kashmir and the latter was ready to resolve it, but Musharraf launched the Kargil operation to sabotage the talks and topple the Sharif government”.

General Musharraf, 75, who lives in Dubai, is facing several cases, including a treason case for suspending the Constitution in 2007. The former military ruler left for the UAE in 2016 for medical treatment and has not returned since. He was the Pakistan army chief during the Kargil War in 1999.

 “Gen Musharraf is responsible for the blood of Kashimiris. Musharraf was the reason behind the suffering of Kashmiris as he did not let this issue resolved,” he said, terming the Kargil operation a “misadventure”. — PTI