Tarar flays PTI’s ‘drive’ against Mir Ali’s martyrs

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar while paying tribute to all seven martyrs of Mir Ali including Lieutenant Colonel Syed Kashif Ali and Captain Muhammad Ahmed Badar on Saturday strongly condemned the “malicious campaign” launched by some social media accounts associated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

“Terrorists have attacked on the ground while PTI supporters did that on social media front,” the minister said in a strong reaction to the PTI’s alleged “malicious campaign” against the martyrs.

“The PTI has remained involved in disrespecting the martyrs,” said the minister in a news statement while citing some examples such as May 9 when the state institutions came under attack and martyrs’ memorials defiled, and also Lasbela helicopter crash. He paid tribute to the martyrs on behalf of the entire nation which saluted them for their “unforgettable” sacrifices.

The minister said there is no soft corner in the hearts of the people for those who had disrespected its martyrs. “We will not compromise on the dignity and honor of the martyrs and the law will take its course.” Such vile campaigns against martyrs and national institutions laid bare the reasons of foreign funding being received by the PTI, he said alleging that such initiatives were meant to appease the terrorists and enemies of Pakistan.

He said the PTI had sided with the terrorists which was reflected from such a “condemnable and insulting” behavior and that too against the martyrs of the nation. The minister recalled the recent protest by the PTI supporters outside the IMF office abroad to destabilize the economy.

The PTI had nothing to do with the interests of Pakistan and the sacrifices of martyrs, Tarar noted. Strict legal action would be taken against a handful of miscreants who were not part of a political party instead they were mere “rioters and militants”.