Pakistan boosts security of Chinese workers amid growing terrorism
Voice of America
File - Security personnel inspect the site of a suicide attack near Besham city, Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, March 26, 2024. Five Chinese nationals working on a dam construction site were killed when a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle. file - Ahsan Iqbal, left, Pakistan's Minister of Planning and Development and Yao Jing, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan attend the launching ceremony of CPEC long-term cooperation plan in Islamabad, Pakistan, Dec. 18, 2017.
“We have never seen a Chinese reaction like this one,” says regional security affairs analyst Ahmed Rashid, referring to Beijing’s persistent public demand that Pakistan ensure the safety of Chinese nationals since a March 26 suicide attack killed five Chinese workers there.
