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RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir visited the National Counter Terrorism Center in Pabbi, to observe the Pakistan Army and China’s People’s Liberation Army conducting the Warrior VIII counterterrorism exercise. The three-week drill, the first in five years, began on November 19 and focuses on enhancing counter terrorism capabilities and bilateral military cooperation. […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday assured foolproof security measures for the Chinese nationals working on the Dasu Hydropower Project as well as across the country and resolved to ensure exemplary punishment for the perpetrators of the March 26 Besham incident. A vehicle-borne suicide bomber targeted a convoy of Chinese engineers in the […]
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday that there remains no doubt that the suicide attaack in Besham was orchestrated by enemies of Pakistan-China friendship. FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch addressed a weekly press briefing and said Pakistan was in touch with China following the “heinous attack”. She reiterated that Pakistan was “fully committed […]