Islamabad: PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif will have to face the law when he comes back to the country. According to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, his elder brother will face all of his cases.
The PM said that the three-time former prime minister will return to Pakistan in the next few weeks.
In response to a question, PM Shehbaz called the riots on May 9 that started when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan arrested in a graft case a plot against Pakistan.
The prime minister said that the PTI chief the “mastermind” behind the riots. They meant to bring down the military, government and start a civil war in the country. The PM made it clear that he was telling the truth based on what he knew.
Khan removed from power by a vote of no confidence in April of last year. He then arrested in a corruption case, which led to violent protests during which his party’s followers destroyed public and military property.
He said that a group of politicians, some military men, and their families also involved in 9 May incident.
The prime minister said that those involved in May 9 incident wanted to get rid of the military command.
Shehbaz said that the people who planned the attack wanted “anarchy” and “civil war” in the country.
After the protests turned violent, the government and the military said they would take strong action. They arrested and detained a number of PTI workers and leaders who thought to involved.
In response to the strikes, the Pakistan Army fired three high-ranking officers, including a lieutenant general.
Army’s response
The army’s spokesman said that two departmental investigations led by major generals, and sentences given based on what they said.
Chaudhry said that 15 more army officers had given strict departmental punishments as part of the military’s internal accounting system. It includes three major generals and seven brigadiers,
He also said that several relatives of high-ranking army soldiers tried on charges of helping to start the violence.
The PTI says that its members did not take part in the attacks. But the government and military say they have “irrefutable evidence” that they did.
The army also decided that people who struck military buildings, like the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi and the Lahore Corps Commander House, would be tried in military courts.
But the Supreme Court thinks that civilians won’t tried in military courts until it makes a decision about the cases that challenge the trials.
In response to another question, the prime minister said that his government kept the country from going into debt and gave the country back its lost pride over the past 15 months.
