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Quetta hotel blast a strategic strike on CPEC
The attack’s timing was deliberately designed and comes as Pakistan and Iran inaugurated the Pishin-Mashad crossing
The notorious Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a terrorist entity in the Pakistan-Afghanistan region, claimed the heinous Quetta Serena hotel bomb blast in southwestern Balochistan province. The TTP claimed responsibility over social media app Telegram, preferred by extremists owing to its lack of censorship.
The attack’s timing was deliberately designed and comes just as Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Iranian President Hasan Rouhani inaugurated the Pishin-Mashad crossing along the Pakistan-Iran border to enhance trade. Bolstering bilateral and barter trade through this new commercial gateway tremendously benefits the citizens of Balochistan reducing smuggling routes. Establishing trade epicentres along the Pakistan-Iran border seemingly displeased New Delhi which activated Indian sponsored a
Ministry spokesperson confirms Chinese envoy was present in the provincial capital at the time of the attack
Reuters
April 22, 2021
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin attends a news conference in Beijing, China November 9, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
BEIJING:
China on Thursday, while condemning the car bomb attack at Quetta’s Serena hotel, confirmed that no Chinese nationals were hurt in the attack.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wang Wenbin added that Beijing’s envoy to Pakistan, Nong Rong, was present in the provincial capital at the time of the attack. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Mr. Nong Rong, was leading a delegation on a visit in Quetta on the same day. When the attack occurred, the Chinese delegation was not in the hotel.