LAHORE: Chinese government, on Friday, warned its citizens to stay alert due to the possibility of attacks against them in P
akistan.
The Chinese Embassy published intelligence reports on its website regarding a “series of terror attacks” planed against Chinese nationals. It did not provide any further detai
ls and added that China has asked its citizen
s in Pakistan to stay in their homes.
In June, Islamic State (IS) took responsibility for the kidnapping of a Chinese couple wh
o was later killed in Quetta.
China has invested a whopping $60 billion to build infrastructure under Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative. The insurgents have been targeting people to sabotage China-P
akistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project in Balochistan.
The govern
ment is making efforts to root out anti-China militants to secure CPEC and Islamabad has also promised Beijing to deploy troops for the protection of Chinese citizens.
