June 27 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Pakistan Army has announced the dismissal of three senior officials, including a lieutenant general, over failures to protect military installations attacked during protests in May following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case. for alleged corruption.
The director general of the Pakistani Army Public Relations Service, Ahmed Sharif Chaudhri, has detailed that in total disciplinary measures have been taken against 15 officers, including three major generals, while the granddaughter and son-in-law of two retired generals have been arrested in the framework of investigations.
“The incidents of May 9 have shown that what Pakistan’s enemies could not achieve was carried out by these criminals,” he criticized, before reiterating that the incidents are “highly reprehensible”, “a black chapter in history of Pakistan” and “a great conspiracy against the country”.
Chaudhri has stressed that the investigations into the incidents are still ongoing and has pointed out that “the families of the martyrs are hurt and are asking tough questions about when the people involved (in the riots) will be brought to justice,” as reported Pakistani television network Geo TV.
Likewise, it has denounced the existence of “venomous propaganda against the Armed Forces” for “political purposes” and for “greed for power.” “All those involved will be punished, according to the Constitution and the law. The accountability process within the Army is carried out without discrimination,” she argued.
In another vein, he has defended that the possibility of trials being held in military courts for these acts is in the hands of the Supreme Court and has insisted that “civil courts have transferred these cases to military courts after verifying the evidence and in line with the law.”
Chaudhri has also stressed that “there is a narrative about violations of Human Rights created against Pakistan and terrorist organizations are hiding behind it”, while maintaining that “they make (NGOs) say that the Pakistani Army is committing atrocities and foreign organizations are being asked to stop financial support for Pakistan.”
The former prime minister was detained for several days in the framework of an investigation by the authorities regarding his possible involvement in a corruption case derived from the alleged delivery of land to Al Qadir University in exchange for the return of a amount of money seized in the United Kingdom from Pakistani businessman Malik Riaz.
Jan was dismissed in October 2022 through a motion of no confidence in Parliament, approved after the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the then Prime Minister to dissolve Parliament and announce early elections after the refusal of the Presidency of the legislative body to hold the vote in the first instance. In November, he was shot and wounded after being shot during a protest against the new government, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
