ISLAMABAD: Director General of the ISPR Maj-Gen. Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry said that the May 9 attacks were pre-planned.
Three army officers, including a Lt-General, have been sacked while action was taken against 15 other army officers. DG ISPR said that ex-servicemen and their family members involved in the May 9 attacks will also be punished.
Addressing a Press conference on Monday, he said that the planning of attacks on the army’s offices and installations was carried out months before May 9. He said that military courts will decide the cases of those involved in attacks on army offices and installations, etc.
Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said Monday that the military had dismissed an army officer of Lt gen rank and several others from service for failing to protect the military installations on May 9.
A granddaughter (Khadija Shah) of a retired four-star general and a son-in-law of a retired four-star general are among those arrested in connection with the probe into May 9 riots.
Furthermore, the wife of a retired three-star general and a wife and son-in-law of a retired two-star general are also facing an accountability process, he added.
Civilians Trial in Military courts
About the military trials, the DG ISPR said that the case is being heard in the Supreme Court.
He said, “The military courts did not come into existence after May 9 and the cour were already functioning. The civil courts, however, have transferred some cases to the military courts after going through evidence and as per the law.”
DG ISPR said that the suspects will have legal rights and the right to appeal in the civil courts.
“They can file appeals in the Supreme Court. The Army Act has been part of the law and Constitution for decades,” he added.
He said that the army will never forgive and tolerate those who planned and materialized the May 9 plan. He said that the planner, executors, and rioters must be punished according to the law.
“Our soldiers are sacrificing their lives for their motherland. He said that the army martyred were humiliated. Family members of martyred soldiers are upset with this fake propaganda.
He said that fake propaganda was carried out in Pakistan and outside to malign the army. He condemned the May 9 attacks on the army’s offices and installations. DG ISPR said that the venomous propaganda against the army was still going on in the country and abroad.
He said that the May 9 riots have enraged the military officials while family members of the martyred soldiers will never forget the attacks and humiliation of their soldiers who embraced martyrdom.
He declared the May 9 attacks as a “Black Chapter” in the history of Pakistan.
He said that the people of Pakistan cannot be turned against their army through baseless and venomous propaganda.
