The conflict between Musharraf and Sharif arose from the Kargil episode itself: Book
This information has been received from a book written by the former military ruler. The book ‘In the Line of Fire: A Memoir’ written by Mursharaf was first published on 25 September 2006.
In 1999, it was the “Kargil War” that caused a rift between former Pakistan President General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf and the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, as he (Sharif) used it to clean himself up. Denied any knowledge about it. This information has been received from a book written by the former military ruler. The book ‘In the Line of Fire: A Memoir’ written by Mursharaf was first published on 25 September 2006.
Musharraf died on Sunday in a hospital in Dubai after a prolonged illness. Mursharaf has written about the Kargil war in this book. He wrote, “I was the army chief for only a year before the army launched a campaign against Nawaz Sharif. My working relations with him were initially very good, except for some disagreements over the dismissal of two major generals, the appointment of two lieutenant generals and the court-martial of a journalist for treason. Was quite amazed at the way it was done.
“I never saw him read or write anything,” he wrote. He claims in the book, “The Kargil episode created the biggest divide. We wanted to bring Kashmir firmly in the eyes of the world both politically and militarily. This was (possible) because of the Kargil episode.” He wrote that he was disheartened when Sharif had to agree to a ceasefire due to external political pressure. “Instead of showing strength through national unity, he (Sharif) blamed the army and tried to clean himself up,” he writes in the book.
Musharraf wrote, “He thought he would be safer if he (Sharif) denied having any knowledge about the Kargil operation.” put on a collision course with the army. He wrote, “On July 4, there was a ceasefire and then US President Bill Clinton held talks with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. There was a lot of international pressure for a ceasefire. President Clinton had influence in both Pakistan and India. Sharif agreed to return unconditionally and he propagated wrong things about the military situation.
It was Musharraf who masterminded the Kargil war, which went on for months. A few months before the war, the then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif signed a historic peace accord with his Indian counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Lahore. Musharraf overthrew the then Prime Minister Sharif in a 1999 coup following the Kargil failure and ruled Pakistan in various capacities from 1999 to 2008.
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