Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani could have overthrown the PPP-led coalition government if he (the general) had wanted to, but he had no such plans, a private TV channel quoted WikiLeaks on Saturday.
Leaking another US diplomatic wire, the whistleblowers website disclosed a conversation between former US ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson and the army chief in which the latter expressed unhappiness over a clause in Kerry-Luger Bill which was about the army’s autonomy.
According to the leak, Gen Kayani told the (then US) ambassador that he could have overthrown the (then newly-established) government during the longmarch –staged for the restoration of judiciary in March 2009 – if he had wanted to, but no such thing was on his mind.
The leaked cable also revealed that Gen Kayani had confessed to the huge pressure he was under the Kerry-Luger Bill as the corps commanders meeting was around the corner and he had to give them some satisfactory answers. He even had wanted to release a statement about the same, but couldn’t come with anything, the leak added.
WikiLeaks reveal coup plan in 2009
