The account of the 1999 coup is also inaccurate. Musharraf speaks of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s “coup against the army.” How can the decision by a lawfully elected head of government to replace the chief of the army be described as a coup? If the prime minister was, in Musharraf’s opinion, not lawfully entitled to remove the army chief why could not the matter have been resolved through an appeal to the country’s judiciary?
The writer is director, Boston University’s Center for International Relations and co-chair, the Hudson Institute’s project on Islam and Democracy. He is author of the book Pakistan Between Mosque and Military.
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