Beijing: After nine Chinese citizens were killed in a blast on the bus in Pakistani Khyber Province Khyber Pakistan, China has decided to step up to help her alliness to investigate the problem.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Thursday announced that the country would send cross-department workgroup to help Pakistan in this case, report Global Times.
The Chinese probe is being permitted even though the Imran Khan government has repeatedly stated that it will not allow foreign security on its land.
The incident took place on July 14 in the Dasu area of Kohistan Regency for the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which was restriated where Chinese engineers and construction workers helped Pakistan build a dam, which was part of the USD 60 billion in China-Pakistani economic corridors (CPEC).
At least 13 people, including nine Chinese citizens and two border corps soldiers, died and 39 others were injured when the bus brought Chinese engineers and workers to the location of the Dassu Dam under construction exploded.
The bus falls into a deep ravine after the explosion.
The explosion on the bus has surprised Beijing, given the number of Chinese victims.
It also resulted in a very different confusion and views that aired in public by both weather allies.
Federal Minister of Federal Pakistan for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Ahmed Chaudhry yesterday tweeted: “Initial Investigation into the Dassu Incident [Dasu] has now confirmed traces of explosives.
Terrorism cannot be ruled out, and PM personally oversees all developments.
In this case the government is in coordination It is close to the Chinese Embassy, and we are committed to fighting the threat of terrorism together.
“However, a few hours later the incident, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement, called the accident caused by mechanical failure, which resulted in a gas leak that triggered an explosion.
The night of July 16, the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong visited the injured in the hospital.
Nong also urged that the truth of the incident was found, and he called for a severe sentence for anyone responsible.
It should be noted, that the Pakistani government Imran Khan has continuously rejected the idea of allowing foreign troops on his land.
The US appeal to determine its military base to the country amid the withdrawal of its troops from a torn country war, Afghanistan has also been dismissed by the State Prime Minister repeatedly.
Beijing stepped into the probe of the Pakistani bus case
