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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Members of the Hazara community have been protesting for several days against the killing of 11 coal miners in Machh town of Balochistan.
the relatives of those killed placed their coffins on a highway in Quetta and refused to bury the dead until the killers were apprehended.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan has turned down the demand, terming it as blackmailing.
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused members of the Hazara community of blackmailing him after they refused to bury the remains of 11 coal miners, who were killed in the Islamic States` attack, until the premier visits them.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava
India condemns Hazara miners killing in Balochistan, says responsibility of every country to protect its minorities ANI | Updated: Jan 08, 2021 23:29 IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): India on Friday condemned the killing of 11 coal miners in Pakistan s Balochistan in a terror attack and asserted that it is a responsibility of every country to protect its minorities and respect their basic human rights. We condemn this terrorist act. It is a responsibility of every country that they should protect their minorities and respect their basic human rights, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said on a query about the terror attack in Balochistan.
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