Islamabad: On Friday, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said “only six” of over 500 cases filed after the May 9 vandalism are being processed to be tried under Army Act, contradicting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) allegation that those apprehended will face military courts.
“The remaining tried by ordinary courts,” he said in a presser today to explain the government’s crackdown on May 9 mayhem suspects.
“Many analyses and theories are circulating… “I thought it better to appear here and give the facts and data,” Rana Sanaullah said.
The interior ministry registered 499 FIRs against vandals who targeted government and military installations in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
“88 ATA-registered and 411 under other charges.”
Sanaullah said 2588 Punjabi and 1099 KPian suspects arrested in the two provinces.
The interior ministry reported 5536 arrests, but 80% released on bond.
Moreover, He added that military courts are processing only seven of the 499 cases to eliminate concerns.
Military courts handle everything. Not so. Punjab sent 19 suspects and KP 14 to military courts. “Nowhere else these measures taken,” he added.
The interior minister promised that no innocent would charged. The law punish those who encouraged, organised, and carried out the May 9 and 10 violence.
Sanaullah then described how military officials would determine if the PAA 1952 or Official Secrets Act 1923 had been violated.
Only violators will face army law.
When a person trespasses, proposes or provokes another person to trespass a banned location—be it building, area or an office owned by sensitive agencies responsible for defending the country’, the federal minister said.
Sanaullah said the people rejected Khan’s lawlessness and instability. He claimed Khan and PTI orchestrated the violence and left a “extensive trail of evidence”.
