Nawaz should be tried under Article 6, demands Musharraf

Nawaz should be tried under Article 6, demands Musharraf

Lahore (Staff Report): Former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf has said that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif should be tried under Article 6 of the Constitution for his comments regarding Mumbai attacks.

In a video message released from the United Arab Emirates, Musharraf said Nawaz comments about the country’s involvement in the 2008 attacks which took the lives of around 160 people was extremely disappointing.

Musharraf went on to talk about the Kargil War, blaming withdrawal of the Pakistan Army on Nawaz. Elaborating on the war and its happenings, he said that Pakistan was in a dominating position in five different regions in the war, and that the then-prime minister was briefed on the situation at least two times, rejecting the ex-prime minister’s claims that he was not taken into confidence about the withdrawal.

The message was released as a response to Nawaz’s allegations about the involvement of “non-state actors” in the Mumbai attack.