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ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed today (Wednesday) has observed that a search was on to arrest the culprits of Balochistan’s Machh massacre, saying that the government will not spare those who were involved in this attack.
“We have brought many terrorists to justice and will not spare those who killed 11 coal miners,” the interior minister said in a statement. However, he said, he did not know whether Prime Minister Imran Khan will be visiting Quetta or not.
The minister stated that he visited Quetta on the directives of the prime minister, promising to bring perpetrators of the Machh massacre to book. “Seven out of eight demands of the protestors have been accepted, they need to understand it is a global conspiracy,” he added.
A day ago, members of the Hazara community who have blocked a highway in Quetta with the bodies of slain coal miners said they will not withdraw until Prime Minister Imran Khan meets them and the killers are brought to justice.
Islamic State militants slit the throats of 11 miners in a residential compound near a mine site in Balochistan on Sunday, filming the entire incident and later posting it online.
Talking about the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) protest in front of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), Sheikh Rashid stated that staging a protest was the opposition alliance’s democratic right.
He said the premier told him to let the opposition hold a protest if they wish to do so. “The law will not be invoked if everything went peacefully at the protest,” he added.