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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.
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.
Pakistan bus blast: why is anti-China terrorism suspected?
“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.
Beijing has “sent technical experts in criminal investigation to Pakistan to assist in the investigation”, he added.
Meanwhile, a 15-member team of Chinese officials visited the site where the shuttle bus carrying Chinese workers was hit by a blast on Wednesday.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.


The other three people killed in the explosion were Pakistanis, while around 28 were injured.
Investigations into the incident were ongoing, according to the minister, but Pakistan's foreign minister was to travel to Beijing on Sunday to update Chinese authorities on the attack.
Beijing is building the Dasu hydropower project in the district of Kohistan under an investment plan that forms part of the Belt and Road Initiative, a flagship economic and infrastructure programme of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Suicide bomber was behind Pakistan blast that killed 9 Chinese workers: editor
China is undertaking an estimated 62-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project and a special security division comprising 15,000 troops has been set up to protect hundreds of Chinese nationals.
However, Chinese nationals in particular and CPEC in general have been the subject of targeted attacks.
In August 2018, a suicide attack targeting Chinese engineers took place in Balochistan. A few months later, gunmen tried to storm the Chinese consulate in the port city of Karachi.
Additional reporting by Agence France-Presse


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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



The China Gezhouba Group Company suspended work on the Dasu hydro project in Kohistan.


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

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