U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is said to have phoned Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf twice, not once, to steer him away from declaring an emergency in the country.
Islamabad, Aug.13 : U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is said to have phoned Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf twice, not once, to steer him away from declaring an emergency in the country.
According to a report in The Nation, Rice played a key role in convincing Musharraf not to impose an emergency, and to convince him to attend the joint jirga in Kabul.
Rice made the first of the two calls at 5 p.m. Washington time on Wednesday and the second on Thursday morning.
Despite Musharraf's apparent climbdown, senior U.S. military officials remain deeply concerned that the state of emergency remained a viable option for Pakistan's leader.
ANI