Posters carrying army chief’s picture crop up once again in Karachi

Here’s what they say this time

Posters carrying the picture of army chief General Raheel Sharif have once again been displayed on prominent places in the biggest city of the country, Karachi.

According to a BBC Urdu report, the banners were seen displayed saying, “nothing else, only Pakistan,” and also carried the pictures of two soldiers recently killed as a result of Indian firing along the Line of Control (LoC), as well as of Move on Pakistan (MoP) chairman Mohammad Kamran.

PHOTO COURTESY: BBC URDU

Talking to BBC Urdu, Kamran said the only aim of his latest move was to express solidarity with the military to assure them that the entire nation stood with them in the event of an Indian aggression. We do not have any political motive behind our initiative, he added.



He said the banners had only been displayed in Karachi, adding that there should be freedom of expression in a democratic system, and "it was not a crime".

The party chairman said his organisation was formally registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan, and also operates as an NGO for education and health in some districts of Punjab and Sindh.

Earlier on July 12, banners with pictures of Gen Raheel were put up on display overnight across Pakistan, urging him to impose martial law and take control of the country.



Subsequently, the MoP chief was arrested and sent to jail and a criminal case was registered against him. He was granted bail by a sessions court on August 23.

The posters had also prompted a statement by DG ISPR, Lt Gen Asim Bajwa who said that these had nothing to do with the military or any of its institutions.