Irrefutable evidence has been collected against the perpetrators, abettors & inciters of violence on May 9: Marriyum Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (SABAH): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb says irrefutable evidence has been collected against the perpetrators, abettors and inciters of violence on May 9 and they will be tried under relevant civil and military laws.  

Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Wednesday, Marriyum Aurangzeb said there are clear directives from Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif that no injustice will be done to anyone, however those against whom evidence is found will be made example of.   

The Minister said those involved in ransacking or attacking the civilian institutes or installations will be tried under the relevant civil laws while those involved in attacking the military installations will be tried by military courts.        

She said Imran Khan is the mastermind of all this mayhem who destabilized the country with his poor policies during his tenure, disrupted the entire social fabric through polarization, and today, he is instigating violence and hatred.          

Marriyum Aurangzeb said the nation today stands at a decisive juncture where political instability is fomenting economic instability and we have to say no to politics of violence, hatred and polarization.

She said the media and civil society must differentiate politics and violence and ‘say no to 9 May’ should be everyone’s slogan.           

Recalling the incidents of 9 May, the Minister said it was open war against the country the way violent PTI workers attacked memorials of our heroes and historic building of Radio Pakistan, the voice that announced the creation of our country.            

She said PTI has challenged writ of the state and it is government’s duty to give justice to the students whose schools were burned, to the patients who were dragged out of hospitals and ambulances and the families of martyrs whose feelings were hurt.