. Terror Attacks on Chinese: Conspiracy to Sabotage Pak-China Friendship
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By Dr. Syed Mehboob
Research Scholar, Analyst
Pakistan-China Friendship is deeper than oceans, greater than the Himalaya, sweeter than honey; it is historical, time-tested, all-weather. China is Pakistan’s friend in need and friend in deed. China is contributing a lot to the development, prosperity, and progress of Pakistan. CPEC is highly important for the future of Pakistan. There are some enemies of Pakistan and China friendship. They are hatching conspiracies against CPEC and trying hard to stop the Chinese role in the development of Pakistan. They are enemies of peace and development. They are promoting terrorism and are involved in terror attacks against the Chinese.
There was another gruesome, barbaric, inhumane, and terror attack on Chinese engineers in Shangla,, which resulted in tragic deaths of five Chinese engineers including a woman and another one, a Pakistani driver. These Chinese engineers were engaged in working on the Dasu dam, which means that they came here to contribute to the progress, development, and prosperity of Pakistan. They were friends and well-wishers of Pakistan. They loved this country and its people. They came here to further strengthened Pakistan China friendship. Them why they have been killed. There is no doubt that these terrorists are enemies of Pakistan, its development and prosperity. The whole nation received a great shock over this tragic incident. Our Chinese friends not only contributed with their skills and expertise for Pakistan’s development but also shed their blood which is mixed in our soil and will give the fragrance of their sacrifices for this historical friendship. We recall the time when Karakoram Highway was constructed and about 810 Pakistanis and about 200 Chinese died, mostly in landslide and falls, while building the highway. Over 410 Chinese who dies during the construction are buried in the Chinese Cemetery in Gilgit. There is need to pay rich tribute to these Chinese as well as those recently sacrificed their lives for the noble cause of Pakistan China friendship.
The News Lark team paid a visit at Chinese consulate on 8th April, 2024 to offer condolence over tragic death of Chinese engineers in a suicide attack in Shangla. The News Lark team expressed its deep sorrow and prayed Allah Mighty to give due courage to the families of deceased to bear this huge loss. It also expressed its deep sympathy with them and said it is a planned and organized conspiracy to sabotage Pakistan China relations and whole Pakistani nation is shocked over this gruesome incident. The News Lark team included Jawed Ahmed Malik, Chief Editor and CEO The News Lark, Dr. Syed Mehboob Senior Research Editor the News Lark, Ms. Shama Munshi Director News, The News Lark and Mr. Yusaf Malik. The News Lark team pledged its commitment to further enhance its efforts to contribute for Pakistan China relations and demanded government to provide fool proof security arrangements to our Chinese brothers and sisters who are working in Pakistan. The role China, its engineers and staff are playing for the development of Pakistan is very important and their lives are very precious therefore there must be no negligence in this regard, this was the opinion of the team.
The Consul General of China His Excellency Mr. Yang Yundong thanked The News Lark and its team for their visit and said that such incidents are matter of great concern for China. He said that there is a need to thoroughly investigate the incident and to punish the perpetrators. Chinese government strongly condemned this terrorist attack and expressed condolences to the victims and sincere sympathy to the bereaved family and said that Chinese government is making every effort to handle the aftermath together with the Pakistani side. He said five Chinese engineers and one Pakistani driver were among those who lost their precious lives. Among five Chinese one woman was also included. The Consul General was in deep sorrow and his words reflected his inner deep sentiments and the whole atmosphere was saddened when he was speaking with the team of The News Lark. The News Lark team also demanded that there should be intelligence sharing between Pakistan and China to avoid such incidence in future. The attack was orchestrated by the enemies of Pakistan China friendship and there is a need to do further efforts to defeat such elements. People of Pakistan can understand the grief, sorrow of Chinese as they have suffered a lot due to terrorist incidents and thousands of people sacrificed their lives including armed forces personnel. Continuous attacks on Chinese is a matter of great concern not only for Chinese but also for the people of Pakistan. Similar incident was happened on July 14, 2021, in which nine Chinese and four Pakistanis were killed after a suicide explosion targeted their vehicle. It was observed that there were serious security lapse and the vehicle transported Chinese lacked bullet proof, bomb-resistant features. There is zero tolerance for terrorism and whole nation is standing side by side with its security agencies and pray Almighty Allah to give courage to fight and curb this menace. May this incident be the last one and no more loss of precious lives.
The government of Pakistan announced a swift probe to hold the perpetrators and accomplices accountable for the attack. The bus was travelling from Islamabad to Kohistan when it came under the attack on Karakoram Highway. A huge amount of explosives were used in the attack, the force of which threw the bus into the ravine. The media wing of Pakistan Army said that the incident was aimed at hurting the Pakistan -China ties. The Inter-services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the series of incidents over the past few days, including the Gwadar and Turbat attacks, were aimed at destabilizing the country. It also stated that the strategic projects and sensitive sites are vital for Pakistan’s economic progress and the well- being of its people are being targeted as a conscious effort to retard our progress and sow discord between Pakistan and its strategic allies and partners, most notably China.
No doubt foreign elements are involved in this incident but there was also a negligence on part of those were responsible to make the security arrangements of our Chinese brothers and sisters fool proof.
26th March,2024 was a black day in history when this gruesome incident happened but this was not the first one. Similar incident was happened on July 14, 2021, in which nine Chinese and four Pakistanis were killed after a suicide explosion targeted their vehicle. On 26 April, 2022, a suicide bombing hit a van near the University of Karachi’s Confucius institute, killing three Chinese academics and their driver. Such incidents indicate that enemies of Pakistan and China are doing unstopped efforts to sabotage this unique, historic and deep-rooted friendship of Pakistan and China. There is need to chalk out joint strategy and intelligence sharing to combat against this menace and root out terrorism from the soil of Pakistan.
The whole team of the News Lark, Karachi and I as its integral part pledge commitment that we will leave no stone unturned to promote Pakistan China friendship and will continue our efforts to counter all sort of negative propaganda against friendly country China, its people and leadership. Pakistan and China were strong friends, they are and In Shah Allah they will remain forever. Such coward attempts will not be successful to sabotage this friendship. Pakistan and its people are standing behind China and its people to fully support them. |