Nawaz Sharif’s comments have stirred a controversy in Pakistan, prompting the National Security Committee to call a high-level meeting to reject the statement. Photo: ReutersIslamabad: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday defended his recent remarks about the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, saying he will speak the truth no matter what the consequences are. Sharif’s comments have stirred a controversy in Pakistan, prompting the National Security Committee to call a high-level meeting to reject the statement. Sharif dispelled the notion that the comments were falsely attributed to him, saying that he will speak the truth come what may. “Former president Pervez Musharraf, former interior minister Rehman Malik and former National Security Adviser Major-General (retd) Mehmood Durrani had already confirmed [what I said],” he added.

Source: Mint May 14, 2018 10:52 UTC