Imran Khan joins Hazara sit-in, demands governor’s rule

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday said the government had failed to provide protection to its people and demanded governor rule in the troubled province of Balochistan. Khan who arrived in Quetta on Sunday morning, expressed solidarity with the Hazara Community, protesting at Alamdar Road along with the dead bodies of their loved ones killed in Thursday’s devastating blasts. Khan met the victims at Alamdar Road soon after arriving in the provincial capital and expressed his grief and sorrow over the deaths of dozens of people of the Shia community. While talking to the grieving families, Khan said the whole country was with them and demanded removal of Balochistan government and imposition of governor rule in the province. Khan said the government of Aslam Raisani had failed to protect life and property of its citizens and should give up its right to rule. Later taking to media, the PTI chairman demanded governor rule in the province saying the government had failed to provide security to the people of the province. He said the PTI was with the oppressed people, adding that justice should be provided to victims. “The murderers do not deserve to be called Muslims,” he said. Khan said the rulers were busy in minting money and had no concern with the country’s situation. Khan was accompanied by Javed Hashimi, Jahangir Tareen, Fauzia Kasuri and other PTI leaders in his visit to Quetta.