FILE PHOTO: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China April 28, 2019. Madoka Ikegami/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has suspended police accused of being slow to investigate the abduction and murder of a 10-year-old girl in a case that has sparked national outrage, a minister said on Thursday.
The family of the murdered girl, Farishta, say that they reported her missing on May 15 but the police in the capital Islamabad refused to investigate the case or register a missing persons report for five days.
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