Mathur told a television network on Thursday that there was "evidence" that there existed a rift between Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif and his army. Mathur said, this was clear from the fact that when Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee went to Lahore on the bus, he was not received by the three Pakistani service chiefs despite orders from Sharif.

However, the fact happens to be that the Pakistani service chiefs had called upon Vajpayee at the Governor's residence in Lahore where he was staying, the same evening he arrived. The reason the chiefs didn't go to the Wagah border, it is said, is because of protocol.