ISLAMABAD: Government is still indecisive on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Quetta to console the Hazara community members holding sit in along with dead bodies slain coalminers from last six days.
The mourners, including women and children, have been sitting along with the bodies of 11 coalminers in extreme weather conditions near the Western Bypass area close to Hazara Town in Quetta and have refused to leave until the Prime Minister visits them.
PTI-led Government seemed to be thrown on the defensive as it was repeatedly challenged by the opposition over its slow response to the massacre of coalminers belonging to the Shia Hazara community in the Machh coal field area in the early hours of Sunday morning.
It is pertinent here to mention that some armed men took the coal miners belonging to Hazara community to nearby mountains in Machh and opened fire and killed 10 of them. After news of the incident broke, security agencies arrived at the coal mine and cordoned off the area and collected evidences.
Prime Minister Imran Khan hold meeting with cabinet members, however, the meeting remained undecided about the premier’s visit to Quetta to meet the protesters. The prime minister directed the interior ministry to devise a foolproof security mechanism for the Hazara community that faced terror incidents in the past.
Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed, who also attended the meeting, gave a comprehensive briefing to the prime minister about the safety measures and demands put forward by the Hazaras. The meeting decide to compensate the victims’ families in line with the government rules and policy.
In addition, the prime minister also concurred with his aides over the political situation of the country with particular reference to the ongoing anti-government campaign.
The premier also discussed his Lahore visit on Friday but a final decision would be taken about it on January 8 (today).
