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"Sharif knew of Kargil operation"

Nirupama Subramanian

ISLAMABAD: A senior Pakistan Minister says the former Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, was in the know about the 1999 Kargil operation and raised questions about his patriotism for ``hurling allegations'' through the Indian media.

Muhammed Ali Durrani, Minister for Information and Broadcasting, joined issue with Mr. Sharif for his statements in an interview with PTI that he learnt about what was happening in Kargil only after the then Indian Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, called him about it.

He said the ``distortion of the truth'' by Nawaz Sharif was an invitation to India to interfere in the internal affairs of Pakistan.

``Had Nawaz Sharif been unaware of the Kargil operation, why he did not announce his aloofness when he was still in office,'' asked Mr. Durrani, who recently succeeded Sheikh Rashid as Information Minister.

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