Defence Minister Khawaja Asif talking to media persons on Sunday said that Pakistani people love their forces while PTI and its leaders are targeting institutions.
Asif said rangers, police, and security forces gave sacrifices against terrorism for the last two decades.
He said security forces are protecting the motherland from snow-capped mountains to Siachen Glacier and from FATA to Afghanistan borders.
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Khawaja Asif stressed national unity and commended that people are aware of the forces that are spreading division.
Attackers are not patriots
The defense minister said those who attacked army installations cannot be patriots as soldiers of the Pakistan Army are still giving sacrifices for the defense of the country.
“The attack of May 9 was on the integrity and existence of Pakistan,” Khawaja Asif added.
There is no difference between the Indian attack and May 9 violent mob attacks on Corps Commander House (Jinnah House) and Mianwali Air Base.
“Only the enemy attacks military installations including airbases and GHQ and it is among India’s targets,” Khawaja Asif added.
He regretted the PTI mob who attacked the statues and pictures of the martyrs and war heroes.
No new military courts are being established
Khawaja Asif also clarified that no new military courts will be established for trying those responsible for the attacks on military installations on May 9.
He said, “No new military courts are being established. Law is already present at this time. Courts are present and they have been working for the past 75 years continuously.”
The minister said that the government was not “snatching anyone’s basic rights”.
Explaining how the government will ensure no innocent would be trailed wrongly, Asif said cases would be pursued against individuals whose footage, faces, and identity is present when they are attacking military installations.
