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Khan asks Punjab govt to prepare compensation package for victims of recent protests

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Press Trust of India Islamabad
Last Updated : Nov 07 2018 | 8:25 PM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday asked the Punjab government to prepare a compensation package for the people whose properties were damaged in the recent violent protests by religious extremists against the acquittal of Christian woman Asia Bibi.

Khan was briefed by Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry about violent protests and the sufferings it caused for common people.

The prime minister ordered that those suffered losses should be compensated, his office said.

He also "directed the Punjab government to prepare a package for this purpose."

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First Published: Nov 07 2018 | 8:25 PM IST

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