ISLAMABAD, May 8: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal has said that Pakistan would provide fool proof security to Chinese nationals working on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.
Talking to a private news channel, the minister said that enemies of the country want to destabilise the country as they are creating problems in the way of successful completion of the CPEC project. Ahsan Iqbal said that Pakistan would inform China about moving forward with the CPEC and improve coordination with China in this regard. To a question about Balochistan, the minister for planning said peace and development are linked with each other and the incumbent government would open new ways of development in the province.
Earlier, China’s confidence in Pakistan’s ability to provide security to its nationals has been “seriously shaken” after a recent suicide bombing in Karachi that claimed the lives of four people, said a local newspaper on Sunday while quoting the top official of the Senate Defence Committee.
Three Chinese citizens and their Pakistani driver were killed last month when a female suicide bomber detonated herself near a Chinese language learning centre at the University of Karachi. The attack was claimed by the separatist Baloch Liberation Army, as security forces said the attacker had specifically targeted the Chinese workers. – TLTP
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