Peshawar, Feb. 8(TNS): Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak on Wednesday lamented that his party’s political rivals played politics on the cases of Mashal Khan and Asma Rani.
In an interview to private news channel, Khattak praised the performance of the province’s police and said their hard work resulted in the culprits being sentenced.
He added the culprits in the case of Asma Rani, a medical student who was shot dead in Kohat for refusing a marriage proposal, will also be caught soon.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan phoned Mashal Khan’s brother after the verdict, and according to a statement released by PTI, Aimal thanked the party and the KP government for their help in the case.
Justice would not have been served if PTI was not standing beside us, the party statement quoted Aimal as saying.
