{"id":18183,"date":"2023-07-30T14:16:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T09:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=18183"},"modified":"2023-07-30T14:16:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T09:16:16","slug":"imran-khan-mastermind-behind-may-9-events-aimed-at-toppling-military-leadership-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/imran-khan-mastermind-behind-may-9-events-aimed-at-toppling-military-leadership-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan mastermind behind May 9 events aimed at toppling military leadership: PM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said May 9 incidents \u2014 the day when chaos gripped Pakistan \u2014 aimed to topple military leadership, while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was its mastermind.<\/p>\n

The PTI chief’s arrest in a graft case triggered violent protests, during which his party’s supporters ransacked public and military properties.<\/p>\n

The premier said men, women, a cabal, some military men and their families were involved in the events of May 9, dubbed “Black Day” by the military.<\/p>\n

“Those involved in the May 9 incidents wanted to overthrow the military leadership,” the prime minister said during an interview to a private news channel, which will be aired at 10pm on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

PM Shehbaz mentioned that the planners wanted “anarchy” and “war” in the country.<\/p>\n

Following the violent protests, the government and the military vowed a strong response, arresting and detaining several PTI workers and leaders for their alleged involvement.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0Another police complaint registered against Imran Khan in Lahore<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

In response to the attacks, Pakistan Army sacked three senior officers, including a lieutenant general.<\/p>\n

Major General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry, the army’s spokesperson, said two departmental inquiries were conducted, headed by major generals, and punishments were given according to their recommendations.<\/p>\n

Strict departmental action had also been taken against another 15 army officers, including three major generals and seven brigadiers, Chaudhry said, as part of internal accountability in the military.<\/p>\n

Chaudhry added that several relatives, including women, of senior army officers were also facing trials for allegedly being facilitators of the violence.<\/p>\n

The PTI contests that its members were not involved in the attacks, but the government and military reject the claims and say they have “irrefutable evidence” of their involvement.<\/p>\n

The army also decided to try those who attacked military installations \u2014 including the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi and Lahore Corps Commander House \u2014 in military courts.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court, however, expects that civilians will not be tried in military courts until it has decided on the petitions challenging the trials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said May 9 incidents \u2014 the day when chaos gripped Pakistan \u2014 aimed to topple military leadership, while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan was its mastermind. The PTI chief’s arrest in a graft case triggered violent protests, during which his party’s supporters ransacked public and military properties. The premier said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":16790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2,147],"tags":[1059,103,367],"class_list":["post-18183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-pakistan-army","tag-imran-khan","tag-shehbaz-sharif"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}