Nawaz bluffed me over Lahore Declaration: Musharraf
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
5:57 AM
Labels: Pakistan , Pakistan Peoples Party , Parvez Mushraf , Politics
Labels: Pakistan , Pakistan Peoples Party , Parvez Mushraf , Politics
Former president Gen (retd) Parvez Musharraf. – Photo by AFP (File)
LONDON: Former president Gen (retd) Parvez Musharraf has said that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh deserves ‘full marks’ for his ‘sincere’ efforts to resolve the Kashmir issue and have peace with Pakistan, but is held back from taking a bold step for fear of domestic political backlash.
He said it was Dr Singh, and not his predecessor Atal Behari Vajpayee, who deserved credit for a breakthrough in India-Pakistan relations.
“It was with Manmohan Singh that we moved forward towards an agreement, not with Mr Vajpayee,” he told NDTV in the second part of his widely-reported interview with Barkha Dutt.
“I give full marks to Manmohan Singh,” he said, but added that the Indian prime minister lacked ‘courage’ in giving any concession on Kashmir for fear of domestic pressures. “In any agreement, there is give and take... and it is the ‘give’ part that creates problems.”
He said it was Dr Singh, and not his predecessor Atal Behari Vajpayee, who deserved credit for a breakthrough in India-Pakistan relations.
“It was with Manmohan Singh that we moved forward towards an agreement, not with Mr Vajpayee,” he told NDTV in the second part of his widely-reported interview with Barkha Dutt.
“I give full marks to Manmohan Singh,” he said, but added that the Indian prime minister lacked ‘courage’ in giving any concession on Kashmir for fear of domestic pressures. “In any agreement, there is give and take... and it is the ‘give’ part that creates problems.”
