Will not allow hostile forces to damage ‘brotherly Pak-China relations’, says PM

In a telephonic conversation with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Imran Khan said that Pakistan and China have an iron clad friendship which has withstood the vicissitudes of time.

PM expressed heartfelt condolences over the loss of precious lives of Chinese nationals caused by the tragic incident in Dasu.

“People of Pakistan share the grief and pain of the bereaved families. The government of Pakistan is providing the best possible medical care to the injured Chinese nationals,” he said.

The Prime Minister assured that no effort would be spared to fully investigate the incident adding that security of Chinese nationals, workers, projects and institutions in Pakistan was the highest priority of the government.

On Wednesday, thirteen people, including nine Chinese nationals, were killed and 28 others sustained injuries when a coach carrying them to an under-construction tunnel site of the 4,300-megawatt Dasu hydropower project fell into a ravine in the Upper Kohistan area after an explosion.