Pak. panel to probe Kargil incidents

By Amit Baruah

ISLAMABAD, APRIL 3. Pakistan is reportedly setting up a commission to probe the ``Kargil incident'', the Interior Minister, Lt. Gen. Moinuddin Haider (retd.), was quoted as saying in New York by The Nation newspaper today. He claimed that the ``Kargil operation'' was started by the Pakistan Army with the consent of the then Prime Minister, Mr. Nawaz Sharif.

Lt. Gen. Haider, who is reported to have met the FBI chief, Mr. Louie Freeh, was scheduled to discuss the all- important issue of terrorism with his U.S. interlocutors. Separately, he was quoted as saying that Pakistan was heading towards a ``two-party system'' in the country. The ``two parties'' he identified were the PML(N) and the PPP.

The Interior Minister ``appealed'' to members of the two parties to institute reforms in their respective organisations and hold internal elections to put in place a new leadership for fresh general elections as and when they are held. He made it clear that corrupt politicians would be convicted by the courts and would not be allowed to participate in the general elections. ``They had not one but two chances to govern... but on both occasions disappointed the masses who are now frustrated with them.''

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