BEIJING, March 27: China on Wednesday asked Pakistan to “thoroughly investigate” and “hunt down” the perpetrators behind Tuesday’s suicide attack on Chinese citizens amid speculation that Beijing may push Islamabad to accept its security agencies to guard the CPEC projects following a spike in attacks on them in the last few days.
“China asks Pakistan to thoroughly investigate the incident as soon as possible, hunt down the perpetra-tors and bring them to justice,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a media briefing here when asked about Beijing’s response to the suicide attack.
Notwithstanding the recurring terror attacks, China continues to back Pakistan, its iron-clad ally to pro-tect thousands of its nationals working on the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.
Lin said, “China firmly supports Pakistan in fighting terrorism. China and Pakistan have the resolve and capability to make the terrorists pay the price.” (PTI)
