According to a press release issued by Inter Services Public Relations, the army made a “strong exception” due to “intense and deliberate attempts” to drag its name into the country’s ongoing political discourse by “certain political leaders, journalists and analysts.” ISPR) on Sunday.
military media the wing noted that attempts to involve the armed forces and their senior leadership in political discourse “manifested itself through direct, insinuated or nuanced references made some political leaders, several journalists and analysts on public forums and various communication platforms, including social media”.
“This practice of unsubstantiated, slanderous and provocative statements/remarks cause enormous damage,” the ISPR said in a statement.
This is added what military took a strong exemption from such “illegal and unethical practices” and expected everyone to abide by the law and maintain the military out of political discourse in “best interest of the country”.
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The ISPR statement does not specify which incident or incidents are in question. However, it is appropriate to mention here that the governor of the Punjab, Omar Sarfraz Cheema, sought the intervention of the army in order to lead provinces out of crises that haunt him for months, despite the fact that the armed forces have repeatedly refused to be drawn into the country’s eternal political quagmire.
On Thursday, the governor wrote a letter to the chief of Army Staff General Qamar Jawed Bajwa requesting play defining role in in current chaotic times as he was of the view that the Punjab, engulfed in a constitutional crisis, was taken hostage.
Last month, senior retired army officials named audio clips attributed to them, in what statements were made against pakistani army and its leadership, “fake” and “conspiracy against pakistani army.
Explanations from retired army officials came two days after military leadership took notification of incessant propaganda campaign” against army on social media and approved the position taken by the army leadership on political crisis in country at its peak with resignation of former prime minister Imran Khan.
military criticized last month, especially in commemoration of Imran’s resignation due to successful vote of no-confidence. Trends against the armed forces and their leadership have seen intense activity on social media platforms such as Twitter.
According to Dawn report, “Import Hukumat Namanzur” (import government inappropriate) hashtag in Urdu alone created a volume of 17 million tweets while one anti-army hashtag generated over 69,000 tweets and stuff one over 410,000 tweets in in past a few days.
The Federal Investigation Agency was also launched repression against those who are allegedly involved in launching these online campaigns and made arrests.
The watchdog has also initiated an investigation against Bol host Sami Ibrahim for allegedly broadcasting “anti-state” videos and statements on various social media platforms, including with respect to the army.
