Ijaz Kakakhel Islamabad
Responding to the NA Opposition Leader Omar Ayub’s points in the National Assembly, Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday said that the body of false Field Marshall Ayub Khan, who instituted the first martial law in the country, should be exhumed and hanged as per Article 6 of the Constitution.
Speaking on the National Assembly floor, the defence minister pointed out that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led previous government decided Article 6 proceedings against him.
Khawaja Asif said that Article 6 proceedings should begin, adding that the Parliament’s members agreed to this as well but it should start with the former military dictator Ayub Khan.
“Article 6 proceedings should be also held against those who violated the Constitution, dissolved the assembly and do not let pass the no-confidence motion,” he said, referring to the day former premier Imran Khan was ousted.
He supported the opposition leader’s demands but said they should apply “to everyone one by one”.
His remarks prompted uproar from the opposition benches even as the NA speaker Ayaz Sadiq called for calm.
Earlier, Opposition leader in National Assembly Omar Ayub rejected the allegations that his party was involved in the violent May 9 protests and reiterated the demand for a judicial inquiry into the riots that broke out almost across the country last year.
Omar said the country suffered immense damages following the assassination of former prime minister Benzair Bhutto in 2007.
