EXPOSING Gen PERVEZ MUSHARRAF LIES
In further continuation of my post on the Kargil war –Untold facts ,in this chapter I would like to bring out the role of Gen Musharraf and how he lied not only to the Pakistan Govt but to the entire world about the role of Pak army.Till end Gen Musharraf refused to accept the fact that the Pakistan army were in direct conflict with Indian soldiers in Kargil and Drass sector. Though it was crystal clear that the Northern Light Infantry supported by Pakistan artillery had infiltrated in the Indian side of LOC.
In the year 1999, the then Prime Minister of India Mr Bajpayee and the Pakistan President Mr Nawaz sheriff were trying their best to normalize the relation between the two countries. In regards to this Mr Bajpayee inaugurated the Delhi –Lahore Bus service and personally traveled by that bus till Wagah border.
But Gen Pervez Musharraf the then COAS of Pakistan army (later on he seized power and appointed himself the military ruler of Pakistan)had other plans in his mind. Being commissioned in Pakistan army in 1964 as a second lieutenant in an artillery regiment as was serving the Pakistan army when the war broke out with India in 1965, and he was a Battery Commander during the 1971 war with India , he could not tolerate the two defeats that the Pakistan army suffered in the war against India in 1965 and 1971.From that time he had the dream to go into war with India once again and be victorious.
Gen Musharraf was well groomed and doctrined into this mind frame by non other than Gen Zia-Ul Haq (former COAS and President of Pakistan who had similar dream after the defeat of Pakistan army in 1971)
Since Gen Musharraf tactics of indirect way of creating law and order problem in Kashmir was not resulting in full blown war between the two countries, he started his master plan of sending troops across the LOC and they were to occupy the post in Kargil and Drass sector during winter. They were tasked to hit the NH1A and disrupt the supply line to leh sector of the Indian army. The troops were initially ordered to be in civil uniform and not in usual combat dress and for this the Northern Light Infantry and troops of special services (ISI ) were selected. Gen Musharraf had thought that in one stroke he will cut the supply of the Leh sector and then have a dominating position from where he can dictate terms and capture Kashmir. This was his life long dream “to annex Kashmir for Pakistan” and be remembered by historians as Indira Gandhi is remembered for creating Bangladesh in 1971.
When Gen Musharraf was planning his devilish motives with his trusted men which included the present Army Chief Of Pakistan Gen Kiyani and the present ISI chief Lt.Gen Pasha (both were groomed by Gen Pervez Musharraf), he did not bothered to inform the higher authorities and the civil administration of Pakistan at that time as he thought this will hamper his plans and the civilian Govt of Pakistan may turn down his plan. But Nawaz sheriff got the wind of his whimsical plan and in a meeting with Gen Pervez Musharraf questioned him about his plan. There also Gen Musharraf lied to Nawaz Sherif and informed that he is just supporting the Hizbul Mujhahideen by supplying them some arms and ammunition and only few of his trusted ISI men were involved. Gen Musharraf also informed Nawaz sheriff that the Pakistan army is no way involved directly. He also told Nawaz Sheriff tht the redeployment of army (NLI)was taking place because he wanted new posts to be created on LOC in the area of Kargil and Drass sector. But in his mind Gen Musharraf had different plans. When his troops would capture the heights in Kargil and Drass sector, he will declare the territory as the territory of Pakistan to the world and Pakistan army has done no wrong but has just moved to occupy their area of control post. Had he succeeded in his devilish plan things would have been different today but that was not supposed to be.
The lies of Gen Musharraf can also be made out from the interview given by Nawaz Sherrif after being unceremoniously deported from the country to an urdu daily ,he said and I quote” that Kargil was a bigger disaster than 1965 and the 1971 wars because Pakistan lost over 2,700 soldiers. The entire Northern Light Infantry was wiped out. "When I reminded Musharraf of his claim that the operation will be risk-free, he replied that the Indians had resorted to carpet bombing, which looked rather naive to me," he said. "Didn't you know that this will happen?" Nawaz said he had asked his army chief. "Let me add here that Pakistanis fighting in Kashmir were without shelter, and some of the soldiers in the bunkers and outposts had been exposed to the extent that they lost their skulls by the dozens. The Indians were closing in on us when the Washington agreement was arrived at for an honourable pull back," he told the paper."
Gen Pervez Musharaf did not bother to inform the Pakistan navy and Air force before taking on such operation as this was his “PET PROJECT “ to defeat Indian army and annex Kashmir for Pakistan.
Before the operation of Kargil could take place and Pakistani troops moved up to occupy the heights of Kargil and Drass sector, Nawaz Sheriff wanted Gen Musharraf to give a proper briefing about it to the joint defence council which included the navy and air force chief of Pakistan so that the tension between Indian army and Pakistan army is not escalated in the LOC area.
A formal briefing of the entire operation was made for the benefit of the Prime Minister in April,in the presence of the other services. Since the CNS (chief of Naval staff)was on a visit abroad, the navy’s reaction was voiced cautiously, but the CAS (Chief of Air Staff) was openly critical and skeptical of the conclusion that India would not opt for an all-out war. He also voiced the view that in the event of war, the air force would not be able to provide the support that the army might seek as the territory belonged to the Indian side of LOC .But Gen Musharraf overruled them by saying that the Indians will not go on full blown war and will only raise objections over the occupation of the territory as the Govt Of India is bothered about its image in the world forum after PokharanII.
But the truth was something different, and Gen Musharraff had other plans. He had ordered the movement of troops and artillery to the forward areas and 5,000 of its troops from NLI (Northern Light Infantry) were to infiltrate into various peaks in the Kargil sector. Some local Kashmiri militants from across the border were used, but only as porters. The NLI troops occupied a total of 132 posts.
Gen Musharaff always denied that they were the troops of the Pakistan army in front of the world and he even went to the extent to refused to take over the body of the fallen soldiers of Pakistan and had declared them as “NON STATE PLAYERS”. This he did despite the fact that the paybook and the Icard recovered from the dead soldiers clearly mentioned them to be soldiers of Northern Light Infantry of Pakistan. Can Gen Musharaff explain that how come “non state players” carry the pay book and I card of Pakistan army?
But the fact is when politicians and army officers speak off the records they tell a very different story, freely conceding that denials about Kargil were nothing more than barefaced lie concocted by Gen Musharaff's. The Northern Light Infantry, they admit, did cross the line of control and occupied the heights in Kargil and Drass sector. The truth is that, just as in 1947 and 1965, Pakistan tried to fudge its offensive by saying it was carried out by volunteers and not regular troops. In reality, the local kashmiri militants probably accounted for no more than 10 per cent of the total force and were given only portering duties.The troops were from NLI and also included commandos from the Special Services Group.
Since CAS of Pakistan had objected to this madness operation of Gen Musharraf , CAS refused to co-operate and give air cover to Gen Musharaf stupid actions and endeavor against India and he was duely andunceremoniously sacked when Gen Musharraf took control of Pakistan administration in a coup deposing the then civil elected Govt of Pakistan.
After the counter offensive had started by the Indian army to regain the lost ground Gen Musharraf kept on denying in the media that Pakistan army was no way connected to ongoing battle.
Later on during the Kargil war, in an analysis of the Kargil operation by Mr Shaukat Qadir's wanted the answer as why the Indian army (as reported by him in his analysis); "Under cover of fire, elements of 2 Rajputana Rifles captured what the Indians called ‘Tololing top ’,(Point 45907),the most dominating height directly overlooking Dras,on 12 June. An adjacent post was captured on 13 June, and Tiger Hills (Point 5140), another dominating height, fell on 20 June. The Pakistan army had continued to assert that no posts had fallen to the Indians, which reaffirms the contention that no effort was made to explain such a loss, or why it could not recur. However, in this case, it appears that prime Minister Nawaz Sharif found the Indian claims more credible than the Pakistan army’s denials. At ths point also Gen Musharaff shamelessly lied not only to the world media but also to his own countrymen and the civil administrator in Pakistan.
When one post after another was being captured by the gallant soldiers of India, Gen Mushharaf had to had to pull out men deployed at Siachin and reinforce Pakistan position in Kargil and Drass sector. That time Gen Musharraf realized that his dream has not been fulfilled and he had failed in his mission,he then again lied to prime minister Nawaz Sheriff to negotiate peace with the Indian Govt so that Pakistan army dos not suffer further loss as it has already lost about 2700 men and officers, and have a face saving grace to pull out from that area.
In the entire Kargil operation Gen Pervez Musharraf has been a big liar and had not only lied to media but to his own fellow countrymen .To save his own skin and reputation, Gen Musharraf denied Pak army role which was far from truth and also saw that the bodies of the officers and men of the Pakistan were not taken back by the Pakistan Govt while negotiating peace.
This entire lies and the behavior of Gen Musharraf should have been taken seriously by the Pakistan Govt and he should have been tried for treason and war crimes of the highest order by the Pakistan Govt, instead he now lives a lavish life in exile in Europe. To fulfill his devilish dreams Gen Pervez Musharraf sacrificed the life of about 3000officers and men of the Pakistan army.
This deed of Gen Musharraf can be compared to that of Hitler and Mussolini who wanted to conquer the world and drove their countrymen to war and sacrificed them.
To be contd……..
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