ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vehemently condemned social media campaign about a murder attempt on Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir and expressed the resolve to crush every conspiracy against Pakistan and the state institutions.
In a statement, the prime minister said that on Black Day May 9, similar minds were involved in conspiracy. “It is a clear message to 9th May planners, facilitators and handlers that conspiracy against Pakistan and its institutions will be crushed”, he added.
The prime minister directed the relevant authorities to take legal action against those involved in such media campaigns inside the country and abroad.
He further termed the mean, evil and violent media campaigns a result of the planning of miscreants, adding the conspirators had again become active against the political and economic stability in the country. He maintained that the new media campaign was a part and parcel of that abhorrent campaign, which was launched against martyrs.
The prime minister observed that the media drive against armed forces and its chief did not fall within the domain of the freedom of expression, but it was only a conspiracy, and it was a legal responsibility to eradicate such tendency with full strength.
He said the nation would foil such attempts in such a manner as it had frustrated the attempt on May 9 to stir violence and vandalism in the country.
The entire nation was standing behind its armed forces and its chief and resolved not to allow the disappointed and panicked elements to create new crises in the country.
