Shehbaz ponders upon protecting Chinese in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (MNP) – As China pressed Pakistan for severely punish those involved in Shangla terror attack, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif convened an emergency meeting on Wednesday (today) to discuss the matters related to the security of Chinese working in the country on different projects.
With Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir and the heads of different spy agencies among the participants, as the country’s leadership is analysing the latest situation developing after the rise in terrorism acts, with a special focus on how to the secure the Chinese citizens in the country.
Five Chinese engineers and a local driver were killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into their convoy on Tuesday, as they headed back to their base camp near Dasu – the headquarters of Upper Kohistan district – from Islamabad.
Reacting to the barbaric attack, the Chinese embassy in a statement strongly condemned the terrorist attack and said they were making every effort to handle the aftermath together with the Pakistani side.
And emergency plan had been launched immediately, the statement read which also mentioned a request to Islamabad to thoroughly investigate the attack and severely punish the perpetrators.
The Chinese mission in Pakistan was taking all necessary measures to protect its citizens, institutions and projects in Pakistan, it added.
