‘Chinese in Pakistan do not want to follow security discipline,’ says Maryam Nawaz after suicide bombing

Maryam Nawaz, the Chief Minister of Punjab provincein Pakistan, stated on Friday (April 5) that Chinese residents in Pakistan feel upset when they are requested to adhere to security measures. She made these comments a week following a suicide bombing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that claimed the lives of fiveChinese engineers and their Pakistani driver.

Maryam, daughter of three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and the first woman to hold the position of provincial chief minister in Pakistan, made these remarks during her first Apex Committee meeting. She said that Chinese residents in the country are reluctant to comply with security protocols.

“They are resentful when they are asked to follow security protocols. They don't want to come under any discipline as they fret over it,” she said.

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The meeting had Corps Commander Lahore Lt Gen Syed Aamer Raza and other top military officials.

Maryam assured that her government would provide strong security for Chinese workers in Punjab. The meeting also condemned the killing of Chinese engineers in Bisham.

Last week, a suicide bombing in Bisham killed five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver while they were traveling from Islamabad to a dam construction site in Dasu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

"Terrorists got digitalised and we need to be ahead of them on such platforms. Besides, terrorists have the latest weapons and technology. They have the US weapons which they got in Afghanistan. The weapons coming from Afghanistan are a big challenge for the law enforcement agencies,” she said.

The 50-year-old leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party mentioned that young people are also being manipulated and recruited by terrorists. Maryam stated,“And social media is one of the major tools being used for the purpose.”

Action ordered against senior Pakistani police officials for ‘negligence’ in attack on Chinese nationals

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday (April 5) instructed all security agencies to ensure thorough security measures for Chinese nationals working on various projects in the nation.

This action came after an inquiry committee investigating the suicide bombing that resulted in the deaths of five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver submitted its findings.

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(With inputs from agencies)