Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif says protesters to be dealt with ‘iron fist’

By Press Trust of India: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday condemned the deadly protests by the supporters of former premier Imran Khan after his arrest in a corruption case and warned to maintain demonstrators with an iron fist.

The prime minister made a fast take care of to the nation after the nation was rocked by deadly violence over the previous two days which observed assaults on navy installations and state properties.

“Attack on public property is an act of terrorism and enmity towards the country,” the prime minister talked about, together with that these taking the regulation into their very personal fingers will be dealt with an iron fist.

“They will be given an exemplary punishment,” he talked about.

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The premier talked about the “protection of the State and ideology of Pakistan is more precious to us than our lives and we will not allow anyone to conspire against it” and vowed to defeat the “nefarious designs” of enemies.

He accused Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of inflicting excessive hurt to delicate installations inside the nation.

“Such a scene had never been witnessed in 75 years. Many lives were endangered. Even ambulances were set on fire. Swat motorway was set on fire. Like the enemy, installations of armed forces were attacked,” he said.

The prime minister alleged that families and relatives of political opponents were not spared when Khan was ruling the country, adding that the ministers of cricketer-turned-politician Khan used to air details of cases against political opponents and the former premier used to predict arrests.

“Not only political opponents but family and relatives were not forgiven too,” the PM talked about, together with that the political historic previous of the nation had been very bitter.

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Shehbaz moreover talked about that under no circumstances in historic previous the revengeful acts in politics rendered good outcomes.

He talked about that beneath the outdated accountability regulation, any particular person could be arrested for 90 days and getting bail was “impossible” nevertheless his authorities amended this regulation and decreased the remand interval from 90 to fifteen days.

Talking regarding the arrest of Khan, Shehbaz talked about that “all evidence” inside the Al-Qadir Trust case in opposition to the PTI chairman was on the market and the cabinet was saved at nighttime.

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“How could it be the decision of the cabinet when the matter is about Rs 60 billion of the national treasury?” he requested.

Violent clashes between Imran Khan’s supporters and security forces have left as a minimum seven of us ineffective and virtually 300 injured all through Pakistan because the navy was deployed inside the nation’s capital Islamabad, along with in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces on Wednesday to maintain up regulation and order.

Khan was taken into custody by the paramilitary Rangers on Tuesday on the orders of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from the premises of the Islamabad High Court the place he obtained right here to attend a corruption case listening to.

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