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Benazir wanted retaliatory PAF strikes on Indian nuclear sites in 1990: ex-Pak COAS | Slain Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had asked the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) to be ready for attacking India's nuclear facilities, when reports surfaced in 1990 that US, Israel and India were planning to strike Pakistan's
nuclear establishments. In an interview with a private television channel, former
Chief of Army Staff Mirza Aslam Beg revealed that Bhutto had directed the PAF
to prepare itself for attacking India. Beg said Bhutto remained 'rock solid' amid
reports that US, Israel and India were planning to attack Pakistan's nuclear sites.
"Benazir remained "rock solid" in 1990 amid reports of conspiracy against Pakistan,"
The Daily Times quoted Beg, as saying. Beg also disclosed that the Saudis had
given loads of money to Mahmood Haroon to ask politicians to join the Islami Jamhoori
Ittehad (IJI), which was formed to destabilize Bhutto's government and ensure
that she never returns to power. Earlier, former Federal Investigation Agency
(FIA) director Malik Mumtaz had disclosed that Al-Qaeda gave millions of rupees
to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to destabilise the Benazir Bhutto's government
in 1988. Mumtaz claimed that ISI had hatched a massive conspiracy involving former
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, former ISI chief General (retired) Asad Durrani,
Brigadier (retired) Imtiaz and Major (retired) Amir to overthrow the Bhutto government.
He said Osama bin Laden was behind the conspiracy and had paid millions of dollars
to the ISI. Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Pervaiz Rashid
has rejected Beg's allegations that ISI had distributed money among several politicians
to destabilize the Bhutto government. "Beg has given a very fake statement on
the distribution of money by the ISI among politicians," Rashid said.
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