PTI is involved in Bannu peace march incident: Attaullah Tarar

ISLAMABAD, July 21 (SABAH): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar Advocate has condemned the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s politics of incitement, chaos, and violence to disturb economic stability in the country. He said that PTI is involved in Bannu peace march incident.

Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Sunday, Attaullah Tarar said from the day one, the PTI has been pursuing an agenda of creating uncertainty in the country to derail economy.

The Minister said creating instability in the country is PTI’s manifesto, which is evident from the fact when its workers attacked the Pakistan Television building in Islamabad in 2014. He said it has always preached the politics of violence and using abusive language against political opponents.

Attaullah Tarar said they always look for dead bodies to unleash propaganda against the government, police and security forces. He said the incidents of May 9 last year were orchestrated in search of 50 to 60 dead bodies with an aim to derail the entire system and spread anarchy in the country. He said you are not a political party but a terrorist organization.

Referring to an unfortunate incident occurred in Bannu on 15th of this month, the Minister said miscreants attacked the boundary wall of Bannu Garrison, which led to the martyrdom of eight security officials. He said the PTI intended to blame that direct fire was opened at civilians. He said PTI trolls spread a negative propaganda on social media by uploading video clips of children from other countries by dubbing them as these incidents were happened in Bannu.

Attaullah Tarar said traders of Bannu had organized a peace march and some political parties, including the PTI, secretively inserted their armed goons to sabotage the event. He said those armed people opened fire, killing a citizen and injuring 22 others. He said this incident of firing took place one kilometer away from the cant.

The Minister said now the PTI-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government intends to conduct an inquiry of its own choice into the incident, which we reject. He questioned how you can conduct an inquiry when your own people are involved in the Bannu incident.

Attaullah Tarar said that identity of any Pakistani involved in attack on Pakistani Consulate in Germany is being ascertained with the help of videos, adding that if any Pakistani will be found involved in the incident his CNIC will be blocked and passport will be cancelled and strict action will be taken against him. He said that if there will be involvement of any political elements then Imran Khan could not save them. Attatullah Tarar said that he has requested the Chairman NADRA to identify the citizens being seen in video and should identify whether any Pakistan was included or not, whether all the people were citizens of the same country. Information minister said that the disrespect of Pakistani flag is not acceptable at all.