Increase in attacks on China-related facilities in Pakistan
At the same time as the Chinese investigation team arrived in Islamabad, Al Jazeera announced that attacks on facilities related to this country had increased in Pakistan. |
According to the regional office of Tasnim news agency, Al Jazeera news channel noted in a report that Malat Strategic installations related to China have increased in Pakistan and within 10 days at least 18 including Chinese nationals were killed in Pakistan.
This news channel while investigating the history of attacks against Chinese nationals in Pakistan wrote from March 16 to 26 This year, five suicide attacks took place in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan, as a result of which at least 18 people, including five Chinese citizens, were killed.
According to this report, the three recent attacks in Pakistan were carried out consecutively and targeted the interests of the Chinese. Armed militants attacked the Gwadar port in Balochistan, which was built with the help of China. Then, an armed group attacked one of Pakistan’s largest naval bases in Balochistan, announcing its motivation for Chinese investment in the region, and finally, Chinese engineers working on a Chinese-funded hydroelectric project in northern Pakistan near the city of Basham. They were targeted.
Pakistan government has agreed with China for a joint investigation on this case, and a delegation of Chinese investigators arrived in Pakistan yesterday.
© | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |