Imran Khan urges Hazara mourners to bury mine attack victims

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday appealed to the members of the Hazara community to bury the victims of a terrorist attack that left 11 miners killed in Balochistan’s Machh town on Monday.

Taking tp Twitter on Wednesday, Imran Khan said he stands with the members of the ethnic minority in their time of suffering and assured them he would visit “very soon” but asked them to bury their loved ones.

“We are taking steps to prevent such attacks in the future and know our neighbour is instigating this sectarian terrorism,” said PM Imran. He told the Hazara families that he shares their pain and reminded them that he had come to them earlier as well and stood by them during their “time of suffering”.

The prime minister assured them that he would visit them very soon to “offer prayers and condole with all the families personally”.

“I will never betray my people’s trust. Please bury your loved ones so their souls find peace,” said PM Imran.

I want to reassure the Hazara families who lost their loved ones in a brutal terrorist attack in Machh that I am cogniscant of their suffering & their demands. We are taking steps to prevent such attacks in the future & know our neighbour is instigating this sectarian terrorism.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) January 6, 2021

I share your pain & have come to you before also to stand with you in your time of suffering. I will come again very soon to offer prayers and condole with all the families personally. I will never betray my people's trust. Please bury your loved ones so their souls find peace.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) January 6, 2021

The tweets by the premier came as the Hazara families continue their sit-in following the brutal killing of 11 coal miners in Machh.