CHINA FEARS NEW ENVOY IN PAK MAY BE ATTACKED
Islamabad: The Chinese embassy in Pakistan has requested more security for its new ambassador in the wake of information that he could be attacked.
Quoting sources, a Pakistani television channel reported that in a letter written to the interior ministry, the Chinese embassy had said that a terrorist had entered the country to attack Yao Jing.
The embassy requested the government to take immediate action on the intelligence information and provide security to the ambassador.
preparing agenda for talks with the Mr Tillerson.
President Donald Trump’s top foreign policy aide would be told that Pakistan is willing to further strengthen the intelligence information sharing mechanism with the US in consonance with its national security, officials said.
“He (Mr Tillerson) will be
The letter, the sources said, written by the focal person for ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Ping Ying Fi identifies the militant as Abdul Wali, who belongs to the banned East Turkestan Independence Movement (ETIM), an extremist group which largely operates in the Chinese border Xinjiang region.
The memo has demanded his immediate arrest and handover to the Chinese embassy.
told that only Pakistani security forces will conduct counterterrorism operations on its soil - and that a joint operation with American or Afghan forces is out of question,” an official said.
According to sources, Pakistani officials have prioritised the issues to be taken up with Mr Tillerson which include the recent