Strict disciplinary action also taken against three major generals and seven brigadiers, according to Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif.
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Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry today said announced that the country military had dismissed an army officer of Lt gen rank and several others from service for failing to protect the military installations on May 9. He said at a press conference in Rawalpindi.
The DG ISPR further said that disciplinary action has been taken against 15 officers including three major generals and seven brigadiers.
He said three officers including a Lt general have been dismissed from service.
He added that a granddaughter of a retired four-star general and a son-in-law of a retired four-star general have been arrested in connection with the probe into May 9 riots.
Moreover, a wife of a retired three-star general and while a wife and son-in-law of a retired two-star general are undergoing accountability process, he added.
Maj Gen Chaudhry said the families of martyrs and all ranks of army are raising questions over the May 9 incidents and the desecration of martyrs’ monuments in many parts of the country during the riots.
“The May 9 incidents have proved that the what the enemy of Pakistan couldn’t do was done by these miscreants,” he added.
The DG ISPR further said that the May 9 incidents are “highly condemnable, a black chapter in Pakistan’s history and a big conspiracy against the country”.
Speaking about the protests that broke out following Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan’s arrest, DG ISPR Maj Gen Chaudhry said that evidences related to the May 9 incidents have been collected as investigation into the violence is underway.
“All the ranks within the army are asking why they should sacrifice their lives if the memorials of the martyrs are being desecrated like this.”
Expressing regret over the May 9 mayhem, the DG ISPR said the planning of the violent incidents was done several months ago. “The people were manipulated by this outrageous narrative,” he added.