China asks Pakistan to provide additional security for its envoy: reports

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China has asked Pakistan to provide additional security for its long-serving envoy in Islamabad in the wake of threats to his life from an outlawed extremist group, Express News reported on Saturday.

The request was made in a letter written to the Ministry of Interior on October 19. The letter, circulated in the local media, was written by the focal person for the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Ping Ying Fi, who has also asked Pakistan to immediately arrest a militant who wanted to “assassinate” Chinese ambassador in Islamabad Yao Jing.

Ping said that Yao is facing threats to his life from a militant, Abdul Wali, who belongs to the banned East Turkestan Independent Movement, which largely operates from China’s Xinjiang region, bordering Pakistan. It is suspected that Wali has entered Pakistan from China.

China asked Pakistan to “enhance the protection” of the ambassador and other Chinese working in Pakistan.

The security of Chinese officials in Pakistan is a major issue and army has been tasked to provide security to the Chinese working on various projects, including the CPEC.

Pakistan’s Interior Ministry and the Chinese embassy have declined to comment on the letter.

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  1. If any body is in doubt about as to who is master minding, financing and handling these terrorists who converge on Pakistan from all sides and in all shapes, races and ethnicity then one must be living in Cooke’s land. China should also take an active role in countering USA and India as now they openly defying and admittedly proclaiming an aggressive role against both China and in turn Pakistan. With out security economic well being is next to impossible.

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