Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday condemned the alleged propaganda being carried out by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party against the army and its leadership. Shahbaz Sharif said that such things “will not be tolerated at all.” Two days earlier, army spokesman Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif had said that a big political mafia has risen to sabotage the new anti-terrorism operation ‘Azm-e-Istehkam’ and the first step of that mafia is to make the campaign controversial through false and fake arguments.

Armed forces sacrificed
Chairing the cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said that the propaganda campaign cannot be tolerated. He said that there is a need to unite against such malicious campaigns. The Prime Minister said, “Our armed forces have sacrificed a lot in the fight against terrorism to ensure peace and stability in the country.” The Prime Minister also condemned the groups responsible for the riots on May 9 last year and accused them of adopting new strategies to spread unrest in the country. Sharif also referred to the recent attacks on the Pakistani consulates in Germany and London and called them extremely unfortunate.

PM Sharif expressed concern over this

Expressing serious concern over the recent increase in terrorist activities in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Prime Minister Sharif said that this is being done under an organized conspiracy. Meanwhile, sources associated with the meeting said that the cabinet has deferred the decision to ban the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and to file a treason case against former President Arif Alvi, former Prime Minister Imran Khan and former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Qasim Suri.