RAWALPINDI: The military’s MN media wing on Monday announced that that three army officers, including a lieutenant general, have been sacked as a part of the military’s “self-accountability process” into the events of May 9.
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif told a press conference that action against other officers was underway on “facts” of May 9 — when protests erupted across the country following the arrest of PTI Chairman Imran Khan.
“The incident of May 9 is extremely disappointing, condemnable and a black chapter in the history of our country,” he said at the outset of the media briefing.
“The events of May 9 have proven that what enemies couldn’t do in 76 years, a bunch of miscreants and their facilitators did,” the DG ISPR said, highlighting that the incident was “undoubtedly a conspiracy against Pakistan”.
“The investigation held until now has proven that [the events] of May 9 were being planned for the past several months,” he said. “Under this planning, first a conducive environment was created and people were instigated and provoked against the army.
Then, in this connection, a narrative based on lies and exaggeration was spread on social media inside and outside the country,” Maj-Gen Sharif stated, adding that the authorities had obtained evidence against them.
He added that a granddaughter of a retired four-star general and a son-in-law of a retired four-star general have been arrested in connection with the probe into May 9 riots.
Moreover, wife of a retired three-star general and wife and a son-in-law of a retired two-star general are undergoing accountability process, he added.
Maj Gen Chaudhry said the families of martyrs and all ranks of army are raising questions over the May 9 incidents and the desecration of martyrs’ monuments in many parts of the country during the riots.
“The May 9 incidents have proved that what the enemy of Pakistan couldn’t do was done by these miscreants,” he added.
The DG ISPR said that the May 9 incidents are “highly condemnable, a black chapter in Pakistan’s history and a big conspiracy against the country”.
Speaking about the protests that broke out following Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan’s arrest, DG ISPR Maj Gen Chaudhry said that evidences related to the May 9 incidents have been collected as investigation into the violence is underway.
He said that the Pakistan Army is eliminating the terrorists from the country on a daily basis. “The families of the martryrs are hurt and they are asking tough questions as to when will the people involved [in the May 9 incidents] be brought to justice,” he added.
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