Musharraf accused of disclosing national secrets

Islamabad, Sep 27 (Xinhua) Pakistan Muslim League (N) parliamentary leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali has accused President Pervez Musharraf of disclosing important national secrets in order to sell his memoir, "In the Line of Fire".

It is now up to the opposition parties to decide whether they will go with General Musharraf or side with the people of Pakistan, The News quoted Ali as saying Tuesday.

Demanding accountability for the dollars earned in return for handing Al Qaeda members over to America, Ali raised the question, "How did the money come and where was it spent?"

The combined opposition will have a meeting after Ramadan, where the issue of calling an emergency National Assembly session regarding Musharraf's book would be discussed, Ali said.

Musharraf wrote in his memoir launched Monday in New York that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had paid Pakistan millions of dollars for catching Al Qaeda fighters during the five years since the Sep 11 attacks on the US in 2001.