Pakistan’s top civil-military body on Monday condemned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s remarks about the Mumbai attacks, describing them as “incorrect and misleading”, but the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader insisted he had done nothing wrong. A meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC), which Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi convened at the nudging of the angry army, reviewed Sharif’s comments on the Mumbai attacks and “unanimously termed this statement as incorrect and misleading”, according to an official statement. The statement was described by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday as “serious disclosure” that vindicated India’s position on the Mumbai attacks. Abassi also said Sharif told him his remarks were “misrepresented by Indian media”. “As the prime minister, I stand with Nawaz Sharif,” he said, adding Sharif would remain the PML-N’s leader.

Source: Hindustan Times May 14, 2018 09:20 UTC