In exchange, as Musharraf himself later admitted, the CIA could go after its own targets, too.
Now Musharraf is calling for Sharif to stand up to Modi and not be pushed around by India.
By the end of 1999 Sharif had been overthrown in a coup by Musharraf.
General Musharraf, too, reacted only to his own removal from the office of army chief in 1999, not to political circumstances.
The last time Sharif was prime minister, in 1999, he picked Musharraf to replace another general in the COAS position.