Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ataullah Tarar on Sunday strongly condemning heinous social media campaign against martyrs of North Waziristan terrorist attack and said that the anti-Pakistan elements backed by a political party would be brought to book.
“A political party having track record of social media campaigns against national institutions, had launched a heinous campaign against the martyrs of North Waziristan terrorist attack,” the minister said while addressing a press conference here.
The minister said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf was running a defamation campaign against the martyrs which was highly condemnable.
He said for the patriotic people of Pakistan, the country was above every thing and its solidarity and integrity should be above politics as every thing else was secondary.
“Sacrifices rendered by the martyrs are the guarantee of our safety and survival,” Tarar maintained.
He said that there was no harm in political criticism but insulting and ridiculing the martyrs was not acceptable.
Urging the people to use social media in a responsible manner, he announced that accounts insulting martyrs would be identified and strict legal action will be taken against the culprits.
Castigating the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leadership he said those who used to shout slogans of American conspiracy for topping PTI regime in 2022 were sitting on the footpaths of that country and raising slogans against Pakistan.
Referring to Waziristan incident he said besides others, a 23-year-old Captain Muhammad Ahmed Badr, the only brother of five sisters was also martyred.
He said one could imagine the feelings of his family when the body of the Shaheed was brought to his house.
“Our Armed Forces, police, security agencies and people have made great sacrifices in the war against terrorism,” the minister said adding it was because of their sacrifices that this country was safe and the nation stood with the families of the martyred.
Paying tributes to the sacrifices of the martyrs in Mir Ali incident and expressing sympathy with their families, he lamented that a political party had been ridiculing the sacrifices of the martyrs.
