ISLAMABAD: A day after he was arrested in Islamabad, former aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Thursday said he was parting ways with the PTI over the events of May 9.
“The Pakistan Army has rendered numerous sacrifices for the security and sovereignty of the country,” he said in a video statement.
“Attacking the memorials of our martyrs, the GHQ (General Headquarters), the corps commander’s house and Mi-anwali Air Base is equivalent to attacking the state … they attacked the heart of Pakistan.
“I strongly condemn all these nefarious designs and impure actions. As a Pakistani, I demand that such people should be punished,” Sarwar stated.
He also said that while being a part of the PTI, he had disagreed with and objected to the policies of “confrontation with the state”. “We should not fight with the institutions,” the ex-minister added.
Sarwar’s statement comes a day after he was arrested in Islamabad in a case registered against him at Taxila police sta-tion in connection with May 9 violence. –Agencies
