Maryam defends crackdown on PTI,
Imran Khan is mastermind of May 9 violence, reiterates Information Minister
LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior vice-president Maryam Nawaz took to Twitter to comment on the recent crackdown by the police on individuals involved in acts of arson and vandalism during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protests on May 9.
Maryam Nawaz stated, “Whoever tries to make it look like a crackdown on a ‘political party’ is intellectually dishonest.” She further criticized the PTI, claiming that it was always a “gang” formed for the wrong reasons.
According to her, violence, destruction, and foul play were the only attributes the PTI stood for, disregarding any other purpose or ideology.
Ms Nawaz argued that the heart-wrenching incident that occurred on May 9 was a consequence of the PTI being allowed to operate as a political party without hindrance or oversight.
She implied that the PTI’s unchecked activities had led to the unfortunate events of that day.
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Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that irrefutable evidence has been collected against the perpetrators, abettors, and inciters of May 9 violence,
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, she alleged that the design of attacking national installations, including Jinnah House, and burning the monuments of martyrs was hatched in Zaman Park, Lahore. She said that Zaman Park has become a hub of terrorists.
She said those involved in ransacking or attacking the civilian institutes or installations will be tried under the relevant civil laws while those involved in attacking the military installations will be tried by military courts.
She said that the matter of attacking military installations comes under the army’s jurisdiction.
The minister said there are clear directives from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that no injustice will be done to anyone, however, those against whom evidence is found will be made an example.
She said Imran Khan is the mastermind of all this mayhem who destabilized the country with his poor policies during his tenure, disrupted the entire social fabric through polarization, and today, he is instigating violence and hatred.
The minister was referring to the attacks on May 9 — dubbed as ‘Black Day by the military and civilian leadership — which took place after PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest in a corruption case.
The information minister lamented that the national flag which we love most was burnt. “The memorial of Ghazis and Martyrs was burnt,” she said, adding that PTI has challenged the writ of the state and it is the government’s duty to give justice to the students whose schools were burned, to the patients who were dragged out of hospitals and ambulances and the families of martyrs whose feelings were hurt.
