Bisham attack: PTI MPA condoles with Chinese CG

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf member of Sindh Assembly Rehan Rajput visited the Chinese Consulate and offered condolences to Chinese Consul General Yang Yundong over the killings of Chinese engineers in Bisham suicide attack.

Rehan Rajput strongly condemned the attack on Chinese engineers, who were working on Dasu Dam in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

He also discussed economic corridor with the Chinese diplomat. Gwadar port also came under discussion during the meeting.

Syed Zameer ul Hassan Razvi, the media coordinator of MPA Rehan Rajput and businessman Musarrat Iqbal were also present on the occasion.

Earlier, the Chinese company has resumed work on Diamer Bhasha Dam, but the work on Dasu Dam is still suspended last week.

Sources have confirmed that the work on Dasu Dam will be resumed in a few days.

Diamer Bhasha Dam General Manager Nazakat Hussain confirmed that the Chinese company has resumed work on the dam as about 350 Chinese nationals have started work while 6,000 local staff are already working on the dam.

The Chinese company stopped work after five Chinese nationals were killed in a suicide attack on a bus of Dasu Dam engineers.

Diamer Bhasha Dam is being constructed across the Indus River between Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Diamer District of Gilgit Baltistan. The Dam after completion will generate 4800 MW of electricity through hydropower generation

Earlier on May 13, 2020, the Pakistani government signed a Rs442 billion contract with a joint venture of China Power and Frontier Works Organization (FWO) for the construction of the dam.