Beijing steps in to probe Pak bus blast case after death of 9 Chinese nationals ANI | Updated: Jul 16, 2021 08:57 IST
Beijing [China], July 16 (ANI): Day after, nine Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion in a bus in Pakistan s Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province, China has decided to step in to assist its ally to probe the matter.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Thursday announced that the country is set to send a cross-department work group to assist Pakistan on the case, Global Times reported. The Chinese probe is being allowed despite the fact that the Imran Khan government has repeatedly stated that it won t allow foreign security set up on its land.
Beijing postpones CPEC meeting after death of 9 Chinese nationals in Pak bus blast ANI | Updated: Jul 16, 2021 09:12 IST
Beijing [China], July 16 (ANI): After the death of 9 Chinese nationals following a massive blast on a bus in Pakistan s Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province, Beijing has postponed the important meeting of the ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that was scheduled to be held on Friday.
Major General Asim Bajwa, the head of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and former spokesperson of the Pakistan Army, in a tweet informed that the meeting would be now be held after Eid. JCC-10 meeting on #CPEC which was scheduled to be held on 16th July 21, has been postponed to a later date after Eid. A fresh date will be shared as finalised. Meanwhile, preparations continue, he tweeted.
JCC meeting under CPEC postponed on China’s request
July 16, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting, under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has been postponed for an indefinite period, it is learnt.
No apparent reasons were cited for the sudden postponement of much-hyped JCC’s scheduled virtual meeting between the two sides. The JCC meeting was scheduled after October 2019 when the last meeting was held before the eruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.
So practically, no meeting was held between Pakistan and China under CPEC at the level of JCC in almost the last two years.
First of all, the lingering pandemic of COVID-19 affected the process but now changing geopolitical situation also paved the way for the postponement of meeting at the last moment.
Balochistan
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No prefix. No suffix. Mention Balochistan and everybody and their uncle knows what the problem is. When it comes to the solution, the problem is restated. The latest on offer is from the top man in authority, or so he likes to believe. He lost a Baloch ally for making little headway on its six demands. As framed, the Baloch are angry. Before that, it was lack of development. The federal government would announce special development packages with great fanfare with the objective of mainstreaming Balochistan. Not many in other provinces feel any mainstreaming, nor an ordinary Baloch vouchsafes development. According to the Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurements survey, 2019-20, the average score of districts in Balochistan in education, health, information communications and technology, and living standard is far behind the other provinces. Until 1955, Balochi
Beijing steps in to probe Pak bus blast case
16 Jul 2021, 13:55 GMT+10
Beijing [China], July 16 (ANI): Day after, nine Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion in a bus in Pakistan s Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province, China has decided to step in to assist its ally to probe the matter.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Thursday announced that the country is set to send a cross-department work group to assist Pakistan on the case, Global Times reported. The Chinese probe is being allowed despite the fact that the Imran Khan government has repeatedly stated that it won t allow foreign security set up on its land.