Nawaz wasn't taken on board on Kargil, says Gen Jamshed

Ex-Corps Commander Rawalpindi Gen (Retd) Jamshed Gulzar Kiyani has said that former PM Nawaz Sharif was not taken on board regarding Kargil operation and he (Nawaz) went to the US to save Pak Army's integrity.

In an interview with a private TV channel on Monday, Jamshed said that he had briefed about the Kargil situation partially to the then PM Nawaz Sharif in a meeting chaired by Nawaz on May 17, 1999. Pervez Musharraf was also present in the briefing, he said. When Nawaz Sharif consulted his team, former minister Sartaj Aziz was the first one who stood up and said that it would be difficult to defend the operation on diplomatic front, he added. He said that at that stage, Nawaz gave a positive clue to back the operation, but at the same time, Nawaz had made it clear the support would be as long as the operation was successful, and in case of defeat, it would be difficult for the government to defend it.