With 65 people losing their lives and hundreds reportedly sustaining injuries in Thursday’s tragic train fire incident, an old statement has come back to haunt Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan.

The train, Tezgam, was on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi, when a gas cylinder carried by a passenger exploded, leaving several dead and injured. The fire destroyed three of the train’s carriages, including two economy class carriages and one business class carriage.

As the incident shook the entire nation, people on social media started sharing old videos of then member of opposition Imran, who had said that a South Korean PM resigned from office after a ferry sunk.

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“He wasn’t helming the ferry, but he resigned because he couldn’t bear that someone died under his rule,” the now premier can be heard as saying in the video.

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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief was referring to former South Korean PM Chung Hong-won, who resigned after a ferry sank leaving around 300 people dead or missing and resulted in widespread shame, finger-pointing and blame.

Chung had stepped down after claims by the victims’ relatives that the government did not do enough to protect or rescue their loved ones.

Demanding resignation from both the premier and Federal Minister for Railways Shiekh Rasheed over negligence and poor performance, here’s what Twitterati have to say about the episode:

https://twitter.com/WajidShahPAK/status/1189786784131092480

https://twitter.com/KhuwajaMax/status/1189785023219740674

https://twitter.com/AlarmaDita/status/1189791729534287872

Meanwhile, the minister has blamed passengers for the tragedy.