May 9 mayhem caused Rs6b loss: interim Punjab CM
Police chief says 2,135 people, after their identification, rounded up across province for violence
Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday said horrible terrorist incidents took place on May 9 in various cities in the wake of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s arrest, including Lahore, and a loss of over Rs6 billion had been estimated in the violence.
Speaking to the media, Naqvi maintained that all the attacks, including setting properties ablaze, looting. and ransacking, took place according to an organised plan and 23 buildings were torched in Punjab alone.
He added that public and private properties along with police vehicles were destroyed.
Around 108 vehicles of police and other institutions were set on fire.
Naqvi further said the Lahore corps commander’s residence, banks and ambulances were also set ablaze.
The caretaker chief minister maintained that solid evidence was available that a nefarious plan had been prepared to burn the aircraft at the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Base Mianwali but the miscreants failed to achieve it.
He continued that terrorism was carried out under the garb of politics.
“We will take these terrorism cases to their logical conclusion. No innocent person will be apprehended and no one responsible for this terrorism will go scot-free,” he pledged.
He added that he would not sit idle until each and every person responsible for the May 9 terrorism was behind bars.
Naqvi noted that reaching a compromise on these terrorism cases would be tantamount to being unfair to the entire country.
“Whosoever will sit on this chair [CM’s slot] in my place, punishing those responsible for this terrorism will also be a part of their duties,” he maintained.
Naqvi pointed out that a political party had held a protest at Liberty Market and the its activists resorted to terrorism in the Cantonment area.
Elaborating further, the caretaker chief minister noted that around 400 miscreants invaded the Lahore corps commander's residence (Jinnah House) and set it ablaze.
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