Legal process of May 9 rioters’ trial under army laws has commenced: COAS

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Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir has said the “legal process of trial against planners, instigators, abettors and perpetrators involved in May 9 tragedy has commenced under the Pakistan Army Act and Official Secret Act as per existing and established legal procedures derived from the Constitution of Pakistan”.

  Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir addresses garrison officers and soldiers at the Corps Headquarters in Lahore on Saturday. — Photo by ISPR
Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir addresses garrison officers and soldiers at the Corps Headquarters in Lahore on Saturday. — Photo by ISPR

The army shared this information while addressing garrison officers and soldiers at the Corps Headquarters in Lahore, a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

The statement said the COAS emphasised that the “army draws its strength from people and any effort to drive a wedge between the army and the people of Pakistan is an act against the state which is neither tolerable nor condonable under any circumstances”.

“Hostile and inimical forces and their abettors have been trying hard to create confusion through fake news and propaganda but all such designs of the enemy will be defeated with the support of the nation,” he added.

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