Prime Minister Imran Khan is under public scrutiny after 11 Hazara coal miners were kidnapped and shot in Mach, a town in Bolan district of Balochistan on Sunday.
Taking to his Instagram, he condemned the incident and declared it a ‘cowardly inhumane act of terrorism’ and said that the criminals will be brought to justice.
“The families of the victims will not be left abandoned by the govt,” he added.
The condemnable killing of 11 innocent coal miners in Machh Balochistan is yet another cowardly inhumane act of terrorism. Have asked the FC to use all resources to apprehend these killers & bring them to justice. The families of the victims will not be left abandoned by the govt
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) January 3, 2021
Netizens are demanding justice from the state and are criticizing the premier for not dealing with the situation properly. One netizen wrote,
“Tweeting is enough? Why cant you go and console their bleeding souls ? Why can’t you be there and give a strong message to barbarians by condemning this inhuman act standing next to families of victims and assuring them about justice being served?”
Tweeting is enough? Why cant you go and console their bleeding souls ? Why can’t you be there and give a strong message to barbarians by condemning this inhuman act standing next to families of victims and assuring them about justice being served?
— Raja Ata-Ul Mannan (@IamAMRaja) January 3, 2021
PM Imran Khan receives backlash
#ShiaHazaraCallsPMIK is trending on Twitter as people are expressing their disappointment on the social media handle.
And in the midst of it all, an old tweet of the prime minister has resurfaced on social media. In 2013, Imran Khan had reacted to the killings of Hazara people by holding the state responsible for its inability to stop these killings.
However, this time, the massacre has happened during his reign and netizens believe that apart from tweeting, the PM has done nothing about it.
Shia scholar Allama Syed Shehanshah Hussain Naqvi shared the shared the screenshot of his old tweet which states,
“Tragic news from Quetta. Condemn Lashkar-e-Jhangiv for its genocidal campaign against Shias, especially Hazaras. Where is the state?”
https://twitter.com/SNaqvi514/status/1346463865618329600
The public demands an answer and it has put PM Imran Khan under the radar. Moreover, the prime minister has also drawn flak from the opposition that has questioned the actions taken by the government to arrest the culprits.
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