PM Imran assures Chinese counterpart of thorough probe into Dasu incident

PM Imran assures Chinese counterpart of thorough probe into Dasu incident

Tashkent (Web Desk): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday assured Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that Pakistan would spare no effort to fully investigate the incident in which 12 people were killed, including nine Chinese nationals.

In a telephonic conversation, the prime minister said the security of Chinese nationals, workers, projects, and institutions in Pakistan was the “highest priority of the government”.

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

“People of Pakistan shared grief and pain of the bereaved families”, the premier said.

He underlined that the government of Pakistan was providing the best possible medical care to the injured Chinese nationals.

PM Imran reiterated that Pakistan and China had an iron-clad friendship which had withstood the vicissitudes of time.

“No hostile forces would be allowed to damage brotherly relations between Pakistan and China”, he added.