President, PM decry killing of safety personnel in Islamabad



President Asif Ali Zardari (left) and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. — MediacellPPP/PID/File
President Asif Ali Zardari (left) and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. — MediacellPPP/PID/File

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday denounced the killing of Rangers and police officers by activists of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on the Srinagar Freeway in Islamabad. 

Expressing grief over martyrdom of the safety personnel within the tragedy, they prayed for the victims’ ranks to be elevated within the hereafter and for the bereaved households to have the power to endure the loss.

The prime minister, in his assertion, directed the authorities involved to determine the perpetrators and take them to process and prolong the absolute best medical therapy to the injured safety personnel.

“Attacking the police and Rangers within the title of so-called peaceable protests is condemnable,” the premier talked about.

The “anarchist group”, he mentioned, is intentionally concentrating on the regulation enforcement businesses who’re deployed to take care of peace within the metropolis.

They’ve destroyed the lives of the households of the martyred safety personnel, the prime minister mentioned.

He mentioned that the anarchist group was accountable to the harmless kids and households of the safety personnel martyred on the day in addition to on Monday.

“The anarchist group doesn’t need revolution, however bloodshed. This isn’t a peaceable protest, it’s extremism. Pakistan can’t afford any chaos and bloodshed.”

“Bloodshed for nefarious political functions is unacceptable and extremely condemnable,” he remarked.

Prime Minister Shehbaz mentioned that your complete nation paid tribute to the martyred Rangers and police personnel.

Amid escalating violence throughout the PTI’s protest in Islamabad, the federal authorities has deployed the military within the capital.

The Inside Ministry issued a notification invoking Article 245, permitting the navy to help in sustaining order and take care of the miscreants with an iron hand. The notification additionally grants the military authority to impose curfew wherever essential to curb lawlessness.

Sources point out that safety forces have additionally been authorised to shoot miscreants and troublemakers on sight.

The choice follows a tragic incident on Srinagar Freeway, the place PTI miscreants reportedly drove a car into Rangers personnel, ensuing within the martyrdom of 4 Rangers and accidents to 5 others, together with two law enforcement officials.

Based on safety officers, the assaults on regulation enforcement have to this point claimed the lives of 4 Rangers and two law enforcement officials.

Over 100 police personnel have sustained accidents, lots of whom are in essential situation, underscoring the gravity of the continued violence.