Hazara community protest: No prime minister can be blackmailed, says Imran Khan
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I will visit Quetta today if the slain coal miners are buried, PM Imran stressed.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Imran Khan has on Friday, while commenting on the Hazara community protest, said that no premier can be blackmailed and it is not appropriate to condition the burial of the victims of the gruesome Machh incident with PM’s arrival.
Speaking at a ceremony in connection with the launch of Special Technology Zones Authority in Islamabad, Imran Khan said he will visit Quetta today if the slain coal miners are buried.
Imran assures he would visit Quetta the day slain colliers are buried
Prime Minister Imran Khan. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB
ISLAMABAD:
“You cannot blackmail the prime minister of a country like this,” Imran Khan said on Friday, while referring to a demand of the protesting Hazara community that he visit them at the Quetta sit-in before they bury the 11 colliers massacred by terrorists last week.
“You bury the bodies today and I’ll be there with you,” the premier said as he once again made an impassioned appeal to the bereaved community to not make burials conditional to his visit.
The appeal came a day after opposition leaders travelled to Quetta to sympathise with the Hazaras who have been keeping up a vigil alongside coffins, carrying the mortal remains of the miners slaughtered purportedly by the Islamic State terrorist group in the Machh area of the Bolan district on Sunday.
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Sherry Rehman slams PM Imran Khan over use of word blackmail , says he is egoistic, ruthlesss
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Senior PPP leader Senator Sherry Rehman speaking at an event. Twitter
Senior PPP leader Senator Sherry Rehman on Friday lashed out at Prime Minister Imran Khan for equating the Hazara community s just demands to blackmail .
Reacting to the primer s speech, made a few hours ago, the PPP leader said that the egoistic and ruthless prime minister has set the worst example.
Criticising PM Imran Khan further, Rehman said that his statement was an insult to the bodies of the slain coal miners. He has proved that he is not only incompetent but also ruthless.