RAWALPINDI – Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said culprits, and facilitators of May 9 attacks will have to face punishment as per the Constitution and law.
Addressing the press conference in Rawalpindi the military’s spokesperson said that, “The issue of May 9 riots is not limited to the Pakistan Army but [in fact] concerns the whole nation,”
DG ISPR said that, unavoidable evidence of the May 9 riots is available. The attacks on the army’s installations that took place within hours on May 9 were recorded on the CCTV cameras. Videos of political leaders directing the rioters on May 9 are also available.
He also added that, May 9 riots were used to create a rift between the masses and the Pakistan Armed Forces. A group tried to deviate masses under the name of False Flag Operation, he said.
“The lies and deceit cannot continue […] the people accused of being involved in May 9 riots need to be punished,” said the military spokesperson.
Commenting on the prospects of dialogue with any faction, Maj Gen Chaudhry said: “No talks will be held with any political leader, or group which attacks its own army and indulges in propaganda [against them]”.
the military’s spokesperson said, “There can be no dialogue with an anarchist group, the only way forward for the anarchists [group] is to apologise sincerely [for their acts], abandon the politics of hate and indulge in constructive politics [instead]”.
“Talks are for political parties, not institutions,” the army’s spokesperson said.
Answering to a question regarding the judicial commission, the DG ISPR said the commission is formed to probe a matter when there is doubt. Everything is crystal clear about the May 9 riots, he added.
he stressed that if a judicial commission is to be formed then this whole incident must be probed in depth.
He added that , “The [judicial] commission should also look into what were the objectives of 2014 sit-in […] how the parliament and the PTV [building] was attacked.
“And how Islamabad was stormed by using Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s resources in 2022-23.”
