Islamabad (Newsman): Rana Sanaullah, the Prime Minister’s adviser on political and public affairs, has maintained that, in contrast to the party’s assertions, the “official number” of PTI workers killed during the rallies in Islamabad did not approach double figures.
During an interview on a private news channel, Sanaullah said, “I think the official number is around four to five. Three dead bodies were confirmed who had funerals, according to reports.
There could be two or three more. But double-figures are not observed.”
Sanaullah rejected the PTI’s purported death toll, saying that the party would suffer as a result of their statements.
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He added, “The kind of perception that PTI leaders are making that is not possible. The reason for that is there might definitely have been some loss [of life] as six to eight personnel of law enforcement agencies were martyred it is no big deal if political workers were hit.”
Three days of turmoil killed at least six people, including three Rangers personnel and a policeman who died in a car crash, according to officials and hospital sources.
The government and opposition, meanwhile, continue to present wildly divergent accounts of the deaths that occurred during the protests.
“15,000-20,000 protesters were brought from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by PTI leaders,” Sanaullah said, accusing the PTI of mishandling the issue.
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He also pointed out that if the protesters had remained at the protest site longer, the damages might have been greater.
He further claimed that PTI officials turned their backs on their followers as the security crackdown started, claiming that “no such violence happened there that would have caused 20, 100, 200 or more deaths.” It’s propaganda from the PTI.