PM Khan delays his visit to Lahore

LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has delayed his visit to Lahore due to a busy schedule.

According to details, the new date for the visit to Lahore which was scheduled for today will be announced later. During the one-day visit, the prime minister was scheduled to head multiple meetings at Chief Minister Secretariat, including an update on the Walton Airport mega project. He was also to be briefed on various development schemes.

Another planned meeting included a briefing to be presented to the Prime Minister on the deadlines issued by the Election Commission for holding of local body elections by the Ministry of Law and Secretary Local Government.

On the other hand, PM Secretariat has released no date for Imran Khan’s visit to the protest camp in Quetta, as the vigil held by the families of victims of the Machh tragedy enters its 6th day.

Two days earlier, the prime minister took to Twitter and promised to the Hazara community that he would come, however he had not mentioned the date. Hazara has refused to bury the 11 coalminers brutally murdered on Sunday, despite visits by Federal Minister Ali Zaidi and Special Advisor to Prime Minister, Zulfi Bukhari. Chief Minister Jam Kamal had also assured the families of a visit by Imran Khan however, the protest camp remains in place till now.