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Pakistan bus blast: Chinese firm halts work on dam, fires local workers

  • The China Gezhouba Group Company suspended work on the Dasu hydro project in Kohistan
  • Beijing has sent experts to Pakistan to probe the attack that killed nine Chinese workers

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Pakistani rescuers inspect the scene of a bus blast in Kohistan on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE/Handout
A Chinese construction firm announced the suspension of work on a hydropower project in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, days after a deadly attack on a bus in which 12 people, including nine Chinese workers were killed.
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The China Gezhouba Group Company (CGGC) suspended work on the Dasu hydro project and laid off all Pakistani workers, according to a statement.

Earlier in the day, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that security measures for Chinese nationals in the country were being ramped up.

“We reassure the Chinese government that culprits behind the attack will not be forgiven,” Ahmed said.

“China and Pakistan will work together to find out the truth,” Chinese public security minister Zhao Kezhi said in a statement after a phone call with his Pakistani counterpart.

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Beijing has “sent technical experts in criminal investigation to Pakistan to assist in the investigation”, he added.

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