Bahawalpur: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said it has been decided to hold an in-depth inquiry into the oil-tanker fire tragedy, which burnt more than 150 people alive.
“We have to look into what was the condition of that truck (tanker)? We will not let this incident go ignored [without reaching any conclusion],” he said while speaking to the affectees of the tragic incident.
The PM, while expressing his deep grief over the tragic incident, however, regretted the “inappropriate” attitude of some politicians on television.
“Yesterday, some people did politics on television. It is inappropriate. There should be no politics for politics on such tragic occasions, when we should console the injured and affected,” he remarked.
The PM agreed with Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif that illiteracy and poverty lead to such accidents.
He said the government was doing all to improve economy, realize development, boost agriculture, check energy shortages and move the wheels of industry, so as to curb unemployment. He said the moment he heard about the tragic tanker-fire incident, he directed the Punjab CM to immediately reach Bahawalpur and supervise the rescue and relief efforts.
Published in Daily Times, June 29th, 2017.
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