Punjab Home Department submits May 9 tragedy report
LAHORE: The Punjab Home Department has submitted a detailed report of the May 9 tragedy to the government.
Sources at the Punjab Government Standing Committee on Law and Order have approved the May 9 tragedy report and the report has now been made a regular part of the official documents. The comprehensive report of the tragedy consists of 17 pages.
The report said that the May 9 attack was a war against the state. On May 9, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activists attacked the state. This attack was in the style of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan(TTP).
The text of the report states that according to the evidence, the May 9 plan was a pre-planned, attack on state institutions at the behest of PTI’s central leadership, the leadership’s agenda was only to attack state institutions.
According to the text of the report, plans were made to target military installations in advance, PTI activists attacked the GHQ Building, Corps Headquarters, ISI offices, Air Base, Martyrs’ Memorial, and attached buildings. The attacks on buildings, GHQ, ISI offices, and installations were part of the plan.
The report further states that PTI central leadership is responsible for the May 9 tragedy, the May 9 tragedy involved the central leadership as well as the local leadership, inciting people through phone calls and social media by the party leadership.
The report has given the names of people who were inciting people through social media.
The names of Hammad Azhar, Dr. Yasmeen Rashid, Ejaz Chaudhry, Ghulam Mohiuddin, Ali Abbas, Andleeb Abbas, Mian Mahmood ul Rashid, Omar Sarfraz Cheema, Murad Ras, Mansab Awan, Azam Khan Niazi, and Bajash Niazi are included in the report.
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