ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said former military ruler Pervez Musharraf wanted to strike an “underhand deal” with him in 2007.
Speaking to the parliamentary leaders of his party, Nawaz Sharif said he turned down the offer since he didn’t believe in secret deals.
Musharraf had ousted Sharif from power in a bloodless coup on 12 October 1999.
Geo News quoted the prime minister as saying Musharraf had sent an indirect message that he was interested in resolving issues. Sharif said he was forced to leave the country and was not allowed to return.
The prime minister termed Musharraf’s self-imposed exile a retribution.
Commenting on prime minister’s remarks, senior Geo News journalist Hamir Mir said he would not go as far as to call it a deal but Musharraf tried to meet Nawaz Sharif.
He said the former military ruler wanted to approach either Benazir Bhutto or Nawaz Sharif after both the politicians signed charter of democracy, an agreement between country’s two top political parties that was signed to pave the way for restoration of democracy in Pakistan.
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