RAWALPINDI: Presidential Spokesman Maj Gen (retd) Rashid Qureshi has termed the charges levelled by Lt Gen (retd) Jamshaid Gulzar Kiyani against President Pervez Musharraf as childish and “unbecoming” of a retired Army officer of the rank of lieutenant general.
In an interview with Geo News late on Tuesday night, the spokesman said he had great respect for Mr Kiyani but what he uttered against his mentor (Musharraf) on the Geo TV programme ‘Meray Mutabiq’ on Monday not only amazed but also upset him.
“He talked like an annoyed child not knowing what he was saying. If we go into the details of his allegations it will sound strange,” Rashid Qureshi said while laughing off the charges of the former Rawalpindi corps commander.
Qureshi said that recently the retired general tried to be in the limelight, but when failed, he came up with this drama saying that chemical weapons were used in the Lal Masjid operation.
He corrected that white phosphorus grenades were used to create smoke to enable the soldiers move inside the premises. He termed the allegation of using chemical weapons as a white lie. “What a nonsense that a retired soldier could not differentiate between chemical weapons and phosphorous grenades. The retired general in fact needs a new course to know the difference between the two,” Qureshi said.
He said if Lt Gen (R) Jamshaid Gulzar Kiyani had reservations against the Kargil operation, he should have the courage to speak against the same. He never uttered a word then. He also came up with double talk on briefing the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on the Kargil operation and asked as to why Mr Kiyani did not resign if he was true to his claim.
“This gentleman availed every offer during the last eight years by remaining on key posts including corps commander and chairman Federal Public Service Commission but has now chosen the other path for some ulterior motives. He did not talk from his head but it reflected that he was speaking for someone else,” charged the presidential spokesman.
He said Mr Kiyani remained on lucrative slots, may be after showing some loyalty to the president. Asked what this loyalty may be that jacked him up, Qureshi corrected himself saying the army is a professional institution and makes promotions on merit. He refused to comment on the charges against former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
Qureshi reminded that if Kiyani was a man of wisdom and character, he should have made his reservations public at different fora but recalled that he did not utter a single word during these eight years.
The presidential spokesman smacked some new political element behind the interview of Lt Gen (R) Jamshaid Gulzar Kiyani asking whom he was benefiting by making, what he called, ridiculous allegations.
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http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=15111
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