ISLAMABAD: On Sunday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif vehemently denounced a social media campaign about an attempted murder of Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir and declared his determination to thwart all plots against Pakistan and its government institutions.
The prime minister said that similar minds were involved in the conspiracy on May 9 (Black Day), according to a press release distributed by the PM Office Media Wing. The relevant authorities have been ordered by the prime minister to pursue legal action against those responsible for such media campaigns both domestically and abroad. The conspiracy against Pakistan and its institutions will be crushed, he continued. “It is a clear message to 9th May planners, facilitators, and handlers.”
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.
The new media campaign was a part and parcel of that abhorrent campaign, which was launched against Shuhada, he maintained.
The prime minister observed that the media drive against armed forces and its chief did not fall within the domain of 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.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday took notice of the eruption of fire in an oil refinery in Ali Pur Chatta and directed for immediate and swift measures for the safeguard of public and the staff deputed there.
The prime minister also ordered an inquiry into the incident, PM Office Media Wing said in a press release.
