INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing six
people, police said, the third major attack on Chinese interests in the South Asian country in a week.The first two attacks targeted a
Pakistan naval air base and a strategic port used by China in the southwest province of Balochistan where Beijing is investing billions in
infrastructure projects.The engineers were en route from Islamabad to their camp at the dam construction site in Dasu in the province of
A blast on a bus killed 13 people, including nine Chinese nationals, in 2021.Chinese engineers have been working on a number of projects in
Pakistan with Beijing investing over $65 billion in infrastructure works as part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) under
Pakistan is home to twin insurgencies - one by Islamists and the other by ethnic militants seeking secession.While Chinese interests are
attacked.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have reached the spot and started relief operations.A separate police source told Reuters the convoy was
carrying staff of the construction firm China Gezhouba Group Company (CGGC) working on the Dasu hydropower project - the same company
thorough investigation into the attack, severely punish the perpetrators, and take practical and effective measures to protect the safety of
strengthen security measures
It said China will work more resolutely with Pakistan to do its utmost to maintain the security of Chinese personnel, projects and
Indian Ocean port of Gwadar, on the route to key Gulf shipping lanes, is managed by China, while nearby naval air base Siddique is used to
support security and development work, spearheaded by Beijing, in Balochistan.Both were attacked in recent days by Baloch
it said in a statement.Source: Reuters
-Agencies
