| Visits CMH Lahore to inquire about well-being of assaulted officer
| Says propaganda threatens State’s integrity, needs timely response
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Sunday pledged to bring perpetrators in Army Officer case to justice, said Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement.
According to Military’s media affairs wing, this was stated by Gen. Bajwa during his visit to Combined Military Hospital Lahore (CMH) where he inquired about the well-being of Major Haris, who was manhandled and injured in a road rage incident recently.
The COAS said that law will take its course, adding that perpetrators, who are under arrest, will be brought to justice. “No one can be allowed to take law into their hands,” the COAS assured the injured officer.
Last week, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leaders Khwaja Salman Rafique and Hafiz Nauman were arrested by Punjab Police after they offered voluntary arrests following an incident allegedly involving their security guards.
The security personnel of the political leaders were reported to have beaten up and tortured an army official.
The two Punjab Assembly members were arrested when they went to the Garden Town police station to join the investigation of the case lodged against four suspected attackers and offered arrest in the case.
Meanwhile, Gen. Bajwa has also stressed that misinformation and propaganda threatened state’s integrity and required timely and unified response to effectively counter speculations and rumours. –ISPR
