The military spokesman, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry clarified on Thursday that the head of the Army personnel (COA), the field marshal also munir, did not look for a apology from anyone during the disturbances of May 9, 2023, saying that the perpetrators should be “responsible”, Geographical news reported.
The comments occur days after it was reported that the Army Chief had sought an apology for the protests throughout the country of 2023, apparently from the PTI, that the State holds the disturbances of May 9.
Suhail Warraich, main editor of the Jang daily The newspaper, wrote in a column on August 16 that Munir had spoken to him recently in person in the capital of Brussels in Belgium, where the head of the Army had stopped on his return from his visit to the United States.
“In a question about politics, he (the chief of the army) said that political reconciliation is possible only if there is a sincere apology,” said the column, without specifying who was referring to the head of the army or who was the question.
“Nor did the army chief made any political statement in Brussels, nor did he mention any apology.” Geographical news He quoted Lieutenant General Chaudhry saying today.
Lieutenant General Chaudhry, the general director of Public Relations between Services (ISPR), spoke with journalists after an event in Islamabad. State Pakistan radio He informed that the DG ISPR clarified that the Army Chief “did not give any interview.”
It was reported that the DG ISPR said the Army Chief “said nothing about the PTI.”
Lieutenant General Chaudhry said: “May 9 is not only the case of the army but the case of the nation. It is clear that those who carried out on May 9 [riots]Its facilitators and planners must be responsible according to the law. “
“There were hundreds of people present at the Brussels event. Those who attended the event had their photos with the field marshal,” said the DG ISPR.
He also described Pakistan as a “country that changes the destinations of the region,” according to the report. “This is the reason why young people are attacked. Young people must understand the legacy and history of their ideological state,” he said.
When Sunrise He arrived at him, Warraich said “had no comments” about the DG ISPR claim.
After the report on the Brussels talk of the Army Chief, the PTI reiterated its demand for a judicial commission trained to investigate the May 9 disturbances, the protest incident of November 26 and the general elections of 2024.
The Army considers the PTI the “planners and architects” of the disturbances of May 9 and, in May 2024, they demanded an apology from the founder of PTI Imran Khan, who in turn stated that the army owes him an apology since he was “kidnapped” by the Rangers on May 9.
However, days later, he offered to apologize on the condition that the participation of PTI supporters in violent protests was demonstrated through the evidence of CCTV. Dozens of PTI leaders have been recently convicted in cases by the riots and disqualified.
Earlier this month, the coordinator of the Prime Minister of Commerce and Industries, Rana Ihsaan Afzal, said the government could consider a forgiveness for Imran if it issued an apology for its “crimes.”
In June, Imran’s sister, Aleema Khan, said that the former usor had been asked several times to apologize for the violent protests on May 9.
