RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir said the legal process of trial against planners, instigators, abettors and perpetrators involved in the May 9 mayhem has commenced under Pakistan Army Act and Official Secret Act as per existing and established legal procedures derived from the Constitution.
The army chief’s statement came as he visited Jinnah House and an army installation in Lahore, which were blatantly attacked and vandalized by “politically motivated” rioters, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a handout.
The statement said the COAS emphasized that the “army draws its strength from people and any effort to drive a wedge between the army and the people of Pakistan is an act against the state which is neither tolerable nor condonable under any circumstances”.
“Hostile and inimical forces and their abettors have been trying hard to create confusion through fake news and propaganda but all such designs of the enemy will be defeated with the support of the nation,” he added.
The COAS was also given a briefing on events of May 9 dubbed by the military as ‘Black Day’ — the day when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters ransacked and torched military installations across the country following the arrest of their leader Imran Khan in a graft case.
Addressing the garrison officers and soldiers at Corps Headquarters, Gen Munir emphasized that any action aimed at widening a gulf between people and the military was against the state.
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