Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Atta Tarar said on Saturday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif last month appointed five people working on a major dam project. Chinese It has ordered action against at least five senior police officers for dereliction of duty after the deaths of civilians in suicide attacks.
After the death of five Chinese engineers and a Pakistani driver in the attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Power China and China Gazuba companies stopped work on the Dasu and Diamer Bhasha dam projects.
Hundreds of Chinese nationals are working on both projects. These projects extend over a distance of about 100 km (62 mi) in mountainous terrain.
In a press conference in Lahore on Saturday, Atta Tarar said that the Prime Minister has ordered immediate action against these officials.
The Prime Minister himself will monitor the security of Chinese citizens. Those who showed negligence will be made a lesson.
He said that the committee formed on the instructions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed RPO Hazara Division, DPO District Upper Kohistan, DPO District Lower Kohistan, Director Security Daso Hydropower Project and Commandant Special Security Unit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have identified.
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Tarr said that the security of Chinese citizens will be taken very seriously and no lapse will be tolerated.
According to news agency AFP, Power China has restarted operations at the Diamer Bhasha Dam, while the operation of the China Gizuba Group Company in Dasu has been suspended.
Pakistani police have detained more than 12 people, including Afghan citizens, in connection with the bomb blast.
The attack last week came after a few days earlier, militants tried to attack the offices of the Gwadar Deep Water Port in the southwest. Gwadar is considered to be the center of Chinese investment in Pakistan.
