At least 9 Chinese nationals had been killed in a huge explosion reported in Pakistan's port town of Gwadar, according to The Balochistan Post. The record shows that a convoy of Chinese engineers become centred withinside the blast close to the development website of a street this is a part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The local authorities is but to affirm the demise toll as a consequence of the explosion.
The explosion has been stated around a month after a bus sporting people become attacked in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province that resulted withinside the demise of 9 Chinese nationals and 4 more people. Pakistan had, to begin with, claimed that the incident become due to a mechanical failure main to a gas leak. But the Chinese aspect stated the bus become hit by a blast.
Pakistan additionally took a U-turn and blamed the Indian and Afghan intelligence organizations for backing "terrorists" who allegedly attacked the bus. External affairs ministry rubbished the allegations as “absurd comments”.
“This is yet another attempt by Pakistan to malign India, in a bid to deflect international attention from its role as the epicentre of regional instability and a safe haven for proscribed terrorists,” said external affairs ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.