Pakistan assures China of proper investigation into Dasu bus incident

Pakistan assures China of proper investigation into Dasu bus incident.

In a telephonic conversation, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday assured Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

Pakistan assures China of proper investigation into Dasu bus incident

He said that his government would spare no effort to fully investigate the incident where Chinese nationals lost their lives in a bus accident.

Th PM further said the security of Chinese nationals, workers, projects, and institutions in Pakistan remains the “highest priority of the government”.

During the call, Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed heartfelt condolences over the loss of precious lives of Chinese nationals caused by the tragic incident in Dasu.

The prime minister said the people of Pakistan shared grief and pain of the bereaved families.

He underlined that the government of Pakistan was providing the best possible medical care to the injured Chinese nationals.

He reiterated that Pakistan and China had an iron-clad friendship. That friendship had withstood the vicissitudes of time.

Moreover, the PM vowed not to allow hostile forces to damage brotherly relations between Pakistan and China.

According to Foreign Office Spokesperson, the bus blast killed nine Chinese and three Pakistanis in KP province.

He further said that 9 Chinese nationals and 3 Pakistanis lost their lives when a bus carrying them plunged into a ravine after a mechanical failure.

However, some quarters apprehend terrorists might have conducted the blast.

GTV