The military top brass vowed on Wednesday to bring those responsible for the May 9 riots and unrest, to justice.
"It is time that noose of law is also tightened around the planners and masterminds who mounted the hate ripened and politically driven rebellion against the state and state institutions to achieve their nefarious design of creating chaos in the country," said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The military's media affairs wing said that the consensus was reached during the 81st Formation Commanders Conference at the General Headquarters (GHQ), Rawalpindi.
The participants were briefed on the prevalent environment, challenges to security i.e. both internal and external and own operational preparedness in response to evolving threats, both traditional and non-traditional.
The forum, while condemning May 9 riots "in the strictest sense", reiterated the resolve to bring to justice the desecrators of the martyr monuments, Jinnah House, and attackers of military installations, under the Pakistan Army Act and Official Secret Act, which, it said, are the derivatives of the Constitution.
The commanders reiterated that the efforts to create distortions and take refuge behind imaginary and mirage human rights violations to create a smoke screen for hiding the ugly faces of all involved, are absolutely futile and do not stand the abundantly collected irrefutable evidences.
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"The endeavours by any quarter to create obstructions and stymie the conclusive defeat of ill design of inimical forces will be dealt with iron hands," the military said in the context of May 9 riots.
Addressing the participants, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir said, "Pakistan Army will remain committed towards their national obligations of safeguarding territorial integrity and sovereignty."
He added, "People of Pakistan and their deep bondage with the armed forces is and will remain central to all our undertakings and events of May 25 were a clear manifestation of the same."
"Hostile forces and their abettors have been trying hard to create societal division and confusion through fake news and propaganda but all such designs will continue to be defeated with the full support of the nation, InshaAllah." Gen Asim said.
The forum concluded that the unfounded and baseless allegations against the law enforcement agencies and security forces of custodial torture, human rights abuses and stifling of political activities are meant to mislead the people and malign the armed forces in order to achieve trivial vested political interests.
"It is time that noose of law is also tightened around the planners and masterminds who mounted the hate ripened and politically driven rebellion against the state and state institutions to achieve their nefarious design of creating chaos in the country," said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The military's media affairs wing said that the consensus was reached during the 81st Formation Commanders Conference at the General Headquarters (GHQ), Rawalpindi.
The participants were briefed on the prevalent environment, challenges to security i.e. both internal and external and own operational preparedness in response to evolving threats, both traditional and non-traditional.
The forum, while condemning May 9 riots "in the strictest sense", reiterated the resolve to bring to justice the desecrators of the martyr monuments, Jinnah House, and attackers of military installations, under the Pakistan Army Act and Official Secret Act, which, it said, are the derivatives of the Constitution.
The commanders reiterated that the efforts to create distortions and take refuge behind imaginary and mirage human rights violations to create a smoke screen for hiding the ugly faces of all involved, are absolutely futile and do not stand the abundantly collected irrefutable evidences.
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"The endeavours by any quarter to create obstructions and stymie the conclusive defeat of ill design of inimical forces will be dealt with iron hands," the military said in the context of May 9 riots.
Addressing the participants, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir said, "Pakistan Army will remain committed towards their national obligations of safeguarding territorial integrity and sovereignty."
He added, "People of Pakistan and their deep bondage with the armed forces is and will remain central to all our undertakings and events of May 25 were a clear manifestation of the same."
"Hostile forces and their abettors have been trying hard to create societal division and confusion through fake news and propaganda but all such designs will continue to be defeated with the full support of the nation, InshaAllah." Gen Asim said.
The forum concluded that the unfounded and baseless allegations against the law enforcement agencies and security forces of custodial torture, human rights abuses and stifling of political activities are meant to mislead the people and malign the armed forces in order to achieve trivial vested political interests.