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TOPSHOT - Rescue workers and onlookers gather around a wreck after a bus plunged into a ravine following a bomb explosion, which killed 12 people including 9 Chinese workers, in Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on July 14, 2021. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP)
In a preliminary investigation into a bus blast that killed 13 people, including nine Chinese nationals, Pakistan said on Thursday that traces of explosives were verified and that an act of terrorism could not be ruled out. Fawad Chaudhry, the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, made his remarks a day after Pakistan and China, the all-weather allies, presented opposing viewpoints on the potential causes of the tragic accident.
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Beijing has grown apprehensive following Pak Army’s failure to control the rising number of attacks on Chinese projects in Balochistan which houses the entry point of CPEC. The attacks have peaked in 2020.
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NEW DELHI: Pakistan is fencing off the entire 24-square-kilometer area surrounding the Gwadar port in Balochistan at China’s behest following an increase in attacks against Chinese assets in the region.
The Pakistan army in collaboration with the local authorities would execute the project in what would be a gated enclave under the Gwadar Smart Port City Master Plan, ET has reliably learnt. Authorities plan to have 15,000 acres of land secured with iron barriers in the first phase of the project, claimed persons familiar with the plan.