Islamabad: Deposed Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was pressurised by a senior military official to revoke the orders to dismiss Pervez Musharraf as Army Chief, says a new book.
The military official asked him to sign an advice for dissolution of the National Assembly and resign as Prime Minister on October 12, 1999, Sharif is quoted as saying in the book.
Sharif said that he refused to sign the documents saying "over my dead body".
In the book titled Jila Watan Wazir-i-Azam (meaning Exiled Prime Minister) launched in Islamabad on Friday evening, he said that the then Corps Commander Rawalpindi Mahmood threatened him of 'dire consequences' for "disobeying the orders," reported the Dawn.
Various aspects of military take-over and dismissal of Nawaz Sharif government, his implication in treason case and life in exile in Saudi Arabia have been uncovered in the book by its author Dr Saeed Elahi quoting Sharif.
Speaking at the launching ceremony of the book in Islamabad on Friday, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Chairman, Raja Mohammad Zafarul Haq, demanded formation of a commission to probe the Kargil episode thoroughly.
He said the characters responsible for the misadventure should be unmasked and awarded punishment. Many former members of PML-N, had supported the proposal after the military take over — they included Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri and Lt-Gen (retd) Majid Malik, he added.
Zafarul Haq further said that Sharif had been implicated in a 'fabricated' plane hijacking case and it was evident from the proceedings of the case.
He said the witness of the captain of the plane had not been recorded and the voices from the black box had been erased before the same was played in the court. He said all the six other accused were acquitted and Nawaz Sharif was the only one to be convicted.
"How can a single person hatch a conspiracy. You need to have at least two people for it," he added.
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