Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday said that the protestors that attacked military installations following Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan's arrest on May 9 will be tried "according to their laws as per the Constitution". #Live: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressing the meeting regarding law and order situation in Lahore https://t.co/fFrQYDwTRy — Radio Pakistan (@RadioPakistan) May 21, 2023These decisions he said were taken in the crucial meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) last Tuesday. The meeting chaired by PM Shehbaz Sharif and attended by senior cabinet ministers, services chiefs, DG ISI and other relevant officials, had promised to bring those behind the violent protests last week to justice. "This is not a joke," the premier exclaimed today as he addressed a press conference taking stock of the damage caused by the protestors. He drew similarities between the sensitive state installations attacked by the angry mobs and terrorist attacks the country has witnessed in the past.

Source: The Express Tribune May 21, 2023 14:03 UTC