ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan pays $2.58 million in compensation to the households of 5 Chinese language engineers who have been killed in March when a suicide bomber focused the car carrying them within the northwest, the finance ministry stated.
The Chinese language have been attacked within the city of Bisham as they have been heading to Dasu Dam, Pakistan’s largest, the place they labored.
The ministry stated in an announcement Thursday evening that the federal government may even pay $8,950 to the household of the Pakistani driver who additionally died within the March 26 assault.
The federal government says the assault was deliberate in Afghanistan and the bomber was an Afghan citizen. Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities and Pakistani militants have denied the allegations.
The compensation was authorised at a gathering led by Finance Minister Mohammad Aurangzeb, the assertion stated.
1000’s of Chinese language are engaged on initiatives associated to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Some have been attacked in recent times by militants who accuse them of plundering mineral assets.