Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Sunday termed the May 9 vandalism of sensitive state installations as the \u201c9\/11-type\u201d attacks on Pakistan\u2019s national interests.
\nThe minister in an exclusive interview with\u00a0State media\u00a0said it was regrettable that a political party\u2019s workers on May 9 stormed and destroyed many symbols of Pakistan\u2019s pride that include Jinnah House, Yadgare Shuhada, fighter jets of the famous 1965 war and Chagai mountain model.
\nHe said this reaction to their leader\u2019s arrest over corruption charges was unprecedentedly irrational, unacceptable and not less than the 9\/11 attacks carried out in the US in 2001.
\n\u201cThe May-9 incident for Pakistan\u2019s Armed Forces was equivalent to the September-11 of America. The violent workers of a political party attacked Pakistan\u2019s heritage and the pride of the security departments. The \u2018Jinnah House\u2019 was not only the residence of a Corps Commander rather a heritage of the founder of the country,\u201d he observed.
\nThe minister said the model of Chagai Mountain, which reminded the nation of nuclear tests carried out by its scientists that made the country\u2019s defence impregnable, was also set on fire.
\nAhsan Iqbal said such serious offences could not be tolerated and forgiven by any country, reminding that charges were framed against all those who attacked the United States Capitol Hill at the behest of ex-president Donald Trump; and UK courts opened at the night for giving exemplary punishment to those involved in street riots, loot and plunder.
\n\u201cSo, these people too do not deserve any mercy as they have attacked the national heritage and pride of the Armed Forces,\u201d he said, adding that evidence-based legal proceedings would be initiated against those involved in the subversive activities.
\nHe said the enemies of Pakistan kept celebrating the subversive activities of the PTI, \u201cThus we made our enemies happy and brought tears to the eyes of our nation.\u201d
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