China envoy to Pak asks for extra security

ISLAMABAD: China has requested Pakistan to increase security of its newly appointed ambassador in Islamabad following intelligence information that terrorists are planning to attack him, local media reported.

The Chinese Embassy in Islamabad has written a letter to the interior ministry, saying that a terrorist tasked to attack ambassador Yao Jing has entered Pakistan. The embassy requested that the Pakistan government take immediate action on the intelligence information, and enhance Yao’s security.

The letter, written by the focal person for the China-Paki- stan Economic Corridor Ping Ying Fi, has identified the terrorist as Abdul Wali, who belongs to the banned East Turkestan Independence Movement– an extremist group which largely operates in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang.

In the letter, Ping also shared details of Wali’s passport and demanded his immediate arrest and handover to the Chinese embassy. This, the letter says, will not only help foil his “nefarious designs” but will also help in getting to other terrorists involved in the plot.

Earlier this week, Yao Jing replaced Sun Weidong, who had served as China’s ambassador to Pakistan for three years.