No Premier is blackmailed like this: PM Khan

Islamabad, 8th January: Prime Minister Imran Khan said that he is ready to go to Quetta but stressed that slain miners need to be buried first. Baaghi TV: PM Khan said on Friday that he is ready to go to Quetta immediately if the protesting Hazara community buries their dead. The prime minister expressed his solidarity with the families of the coal miners but also said that making the burial conditional on his visit is inappropriate.  Speaking at a launch ceremony of Special Technology Zones Authority in Islamabad, the premier said he wanted to clear his position on the matter. “All the demands put forth by the protesters have been accepted; therefore, making the burial of the dead conditional on the prime minister’s visit is not appropriate,” he was quoted as saying by Geo News. He said, “This is akin to blackmailing the prime minister.” He informed that after the 11 coal miners were killed brutally in Machh, he first sent Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed to Quetta and then two federal ministers to assure the Hazara community that the government supported them. “I assured them that they would be compensated and looked after as the affected families have lost … Continue reading No Premier is blackmailed like this: PM Khan