India ‘Caught By Throat’ During Kargil War By Pakistan Army, Says Musharraf

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India ‘Caught By Throat’ During Kargil War By Pakistan Army, Says Musharraf


In what appears to be a highly controversial utterance, former military dictator of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf has said that the Pakistani Army 'caught India by throat' during the Kargil War in 1999. In a public ceremony in Karachi on Sunday, May 17, to announce the All Pakistan Muslim League's plan of taking part in the local body election, Musharraf said, " India will always remember the battle of Kargil."



"There was a second line force, too, which caught India by throat and that was later given the status of Army," Musharraf said, addressing a ceremony of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML).

Known as the mastermind of the Kargil War of 1999, he described how second line forces like Northern Light Infantry, Scouts and Mujahiddin were deployed along the Line of Control (LoC) border who had caught India 'by throat'. These forces were later awarded and given the status equivalent of the army by his government. He also said that his forces entered India from five different routes of which India was unaware. He expressed his sadness for media's portrayal of Kargil war as a 'political defeat' despite it being a 'military victory'.

A file picture of the Kargil War | Source : Tiki Toki

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Such statements against India are not new from the former army chief of Pakistan. Last year in October, he had directly blamed India for ceasefire violations across the LoC, and had warned his neighbour to stop 'testing the patience and resolve' of Pakistan.

Musharraf, once in an interview in August 2014 to ARY news, accused Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being anti-Muslim and anti-Pakistan. "We are a strong nation, we will see what he does, if he talks anti-Muslim or anti-Pakistan, we are also a nuclear power, we have a 20 crore population," were his threatening words against the Indian Prime Minister.

Musharraf with then Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif during the Kargil war in 1999 | Source : Pak Tea House

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