Islamabad : Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that former military ruler Pervez Musharraf offered him an "underhand" deal to form a joint government but he turned it down. Addressing the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) parliamentary committee on Tuesday, Mr Sharif said, "Musharraf wanted a secret deal with me in 2007, but I declined."
Mr Musharraf was the then country's President and Mr Sharif had just returned from exile.
The Dawn on Wednesday quoted Mr Sharif as saying that he didn't believe in making clandestine deals with people who had ruined people's aspirations. He said his family did not want to leave Pakistan after the Musharraf-led military coup but was forced to go into exile by the military dictator.
The Prime Minister noted that Mr Musharraf, a former Pakistan Army chief, was now facing a similar fate and had left the country in disgrace.
Mr Sharif was toppled by Musharraf in a 1999 coup, after which Sharif and his family went to live in Saudi Arabia.
"I have been working with General Musharraf for a long time and I have never heard any such thing," he said.
Mr Musharraf was the then country's President and Mr Sharif had just returned from exile.
The Dawn on Wednesday quoted Mr Sharif as saying that he didn't believe in making clandestine deals with people who had ruined people's aspirations. He said his family did not want to leave Pakistan after the Musharraf-led military coup but was forced to go into exile by the military dictator.
The Prime Minister noted that Mr Musharraf, a former Pakistan Army chief, was now facing a similar fate and had left the country in disgrace.
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Mr Sharif was toppled by Musharraf in a 1999 coup, after which Sharif and his family went to live in Saudi Arabia.
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"I have been working with General Musharraf for a long time and I have never heard any such thing," he said.
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