# Munir says military-law proceedings over the May 9 attacks have begun

Date: 2023

Chief of Army Staff [Asim Munir](/people/asim-munir) said that proceedings against planners, instigators, abettors and perpetrators of the May 9 attacks had commenced under the Pakistan Army Act and Official Secrets Act. The statement followed attacks on military installations by supporters of [Imran Khan](/people/imran-khan) after Khan's arrest. The use of military-law mechanisms against civilians became a major rule-of-law and political-accountability controversy.

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