Speaking at a conference held in Haripur for NA-19 election campaign, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said on Monday that as a Pakistani, his head hangs in shame after hearing about child-abuse case in Kasur.
“I asked my party workers and my wife to visit Kasur to find out about the child abuse case. Reham Khan has told me what happened there. I am ashamed as a Pakistani,” he said.
Criticising the police in Punjab, the PTI chief said that the justice had been delayed because the police was corrupt. “I have come to know that when parents of the abused children went to lodge the complaints they were severely beaten,” he said.
Khan alleged that police officials in Kasur were forcing parents to compromise with the abusers. “Punjab Police was corrupted by Nawaz Sharif who has come to power for the sixth time in the province but only destroyed the policing system in Punjab.”
Meanwhile, after meeting the families of the victims of Kasur child porn scandal, PTI chief’s wife Reham Khan urged the Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Monday to take immediate action if he cannot visit the victims due to security reasons.
Addressing the media, Reham said, “As a mother, I request all political parties to avoid point scoring on this issue. The PTI chief’s wife added that people have high expectations from all political forces in Parliament to take concrete action against the Kasur incident. She also appealed the child protection commission to take immediate notice of the horrific incident.