— Says none of army officers resigned, disobeyed orders of high command
RAWALPINDI: Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (DG-ISPR) Maj-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry Friday evening brushed aside rumours about imposition of martial law in the country and said that Pakistan army was united under command of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir.
“There is absolutely no truth in rumours …. Despite conspiracies from miscreants within and enemies without, the army was united, stands united and would remain united under the command of Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir. The dream to divide the army would never materialise,” the DG-ISPR told media.
He also contradicted rumours of resignations by army officers, saying that none of the army officers had resigned or disobeyed the orders of the high command.
The DG-ISPR further said that there was no possibility of imposition of martial law in the country.
“I want to say that General Asim Munir and the senior leadership under his command fully support democratic order in the country and they would keep doing so. The question of martial law doesn’t even arise,” he concluded.
The remarks come a day after the top court came to Imran Khan’s rescue as it declared his arrest by the country’s top graft-buster from the premises of the IHC illegal and directed immediate release of the PTI chief.
Dozens of troops of paramilitary Rangers on Tuesday broke into an office of the IHC and whisked Imran Khan away in an armoured vehicle in a whirlwind raid while executing the arrest warrant issued against the former premier by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in the Al-Qadir Trust case.
The PTI on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court against Imran’s arrest as violent protests erupted across the country after the development — protests that involved attacks on security personnel and arson of military and civil properties.
In a three-page written order, the apex court bench noted that the manner of execution of the arrest warrant – issued by the NAB chairman on May 1 in the Al-Qadir Trust case – within the premises of the Islamabad High Court against the petitioner was invalid and unlawful.
