Reiterating that ensuring the safety and security of Chinese citizens working on different projects in the country, including those related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), was a top priority for the government, Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday said all those involved in acts of terrorism against the neighbouring country’s citizens would be brought to justice. Speaking to China’s Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong, the minister expressed his shock over the incident in which two Chinese were injured due to firing by a guard in Karachi.

He expressed his sympathies with the families of those injured and informed the envoy of the progress made in an investigation into the incident so far. He also prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured. “The government is taking steps to increase the security of the Chinese nationals so that they could work in a safe and secure environment,” Naqvi said. Pakistan and China, he went on to say, are time-tested friends. Both he and the Chinese ambassador agreed on chalking out a strategy so that such incidents did not recur. Speaking on the occasion, the envoy said that due to joint efforts Pakistan- China friendship was strengthening by the day.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan