ISLAMABAD – Police say they have detained eight Chinese nationals who triedto enter a power plant with weapons in the eastern Punjab province.
Officer Zafar Iqbal says the eight men were stopped at a checkpoint onSunday outside the Qadirabad power plant in Sahiwal after a pump-actiongun, a handgun, a rifle and ammunition were found in their vehicle. He saysan investigation is underway.
China has heavily invested in energy and other projects across Pakistan aspart of its global “Belt and Road” initiative, and has sent thousands ofworkers to the country.
A suicide bomber struck a bus carrying Chinese engineers in the Balochistanprovince on Saturday, wounding three of them as well as three paramilitaryguards. The Baloch Liberation Army, a separatist group, claimedresponsibility.