ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned terrorist attack in Dalbandin, Balochistan.
In a statement, Foreign Office spokesperson, Dr. Muhammad Faisal said some Chinese engineers and accompanying Frontier Corps personnel were injured in the attack. He said all of them are stable and being treated.
“Pakistan remains unflinchingly undeterred in the face of such dastardly terrorist acts,” he further tweeted.
Earlier, an attack in southwest Pakistan targeted a bus carrying Chinese engineers had wounded at least five people including two Chinese nationals.
The attack came in the Dalbandin region, around 340km (211 miles) from Quetta, the capital of southwestern Balochistan province, when the Chinese engineers working on a mineral project were being transported to the city.
Local administration and police officials said two paramilitary soldiers providing security to the driver of the bus were wounded in the attack alongside the two Chinese nationals.
“The attacker, waiting in a small truck along the route, exploded the vehicle when the bus carrying Chinese engineers came close to him,” said Dostain Dashti, a senior police officer in the region.
He said the body of the suicide attacker was blown up in the attack and his vehicle caught fire. NNI
