ISLAMABAD, Oct 2: Opposition members belonging to the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) on Monday submitted an adjournment motion in the National Assembly Secretariat seeking a debate on the “revelation” made by President Gen Pervez Musharraf that Kargil conflict involved Pakistan army.

According to parliamentary secretary of the ARD Izhar Amrohvi, the motion has been moved by 17 MNAs of the People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and it has been filed under Rule 92 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly 1992.

The motion says, “It was stated by Pakistan that Kargil war was fought by the Mujahideen or freedom fighters with Indian armed forces. Now it has been revealed in the book titled ‘In the Line of Fire,’ written by Gen Pervez Musharraf that the war was fought by the Pakistan Army against the Indian forces. This had shocked the nation as the chief of the army staff had confessed and conceded the statement on the subject given by India. The situation arising out of this fact has caused grave concern amongst the general public which has appeared to be taken as a U- turn from the previous stand of Pakistan.”

The motion has been signed by Chaudhry Aitezaz Ahsan, Syed Khursheed Shah, Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Syed Naveed Qamar, Sherry Rehman, Raja Pervez Ashraf, Naheed Khan, Fauzia Wahab, Chaudhry Qamaruz Zaman Kaira, Nayyar Bokhari, Khalid Iqbal Memon, Imtiaz Safdar Warraich and Chaudhry Manzoor Ahmed of the PPP and Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Tehmina Daultana, Khawaja Saad Rafiq and Khawaja Mohammad Asif of the PML-N.