Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote last year by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. Most have been freed on bail pending trial. The violence subsided only after Khan was released on an order from Pakistan’s Supreme Court.Īt least 10 people were killed in clashes between Khan’s supporters and police and since then, and police have arrested more than 5,000 people in connection with the riots. The demonstrators were angered over Khan's arrest after he was dragged from a courthouse in the capital, Islamabad, in connection with a graf case. The latest development comes weeks after thousands of demonstrations from Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party attacked the military's headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, stormed an air base in Mianwali in the eastern Punjab province and torched a building housing state-run Radio Pakistan in the northwest. The military did not disclose the names of the officers who were fired or disciplined, but it said some family members of retired army officers were also facing investigation.Īt a televised news conference, Sharif said the military was also trying 102 civilians over their involvement in the May 9 attacks, during which the residence of a top regional commander was destroyed in Lahore. Ahmad Sharif said a top general was among those fired, and action had been taken against another 15 army officers over their “unintentional negligence” in the matter.
The attacks last month came after former premier Imran Khan was arrested in a graft case. ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan’s military said Monday that it has fired three senior army officers over their failure to prevent violent attacks on public property and military installations by supporters of the country's former prime minister.
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