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Article: Probe demand into Kargil operations spreads in Pakistan
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- The Hindustan Times
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- October 5, 2006
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Islamabad, Oct 5 -- The demand for a probe into the Kargil military operations is gaining momentum in Pakistan, thanks to President Pervez Musharraf's claim that it was "a landmark" in the country's history in his just-published book "In the Line of Fire".
That India conducted a probe and applied correctives is being cited as a healthy example of policy planning, both military and political, and allowing room for a debate to get at the truth.
The demand is not new, but it is becoming shriller by the day. The influential daily The News International said Thursday that the "people of Pakistan have a right to know".
Following Musharraf's detailed claim in his autobiography that it was a ...