Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb Tuesday said that the Chinese engineers targeted in Karachi were part of the team involved in talks with the government over re-profiling of its debt.
“The ones killed were the IPP engineers with whom Energy Minister Awais Leghari and I were negotiating in terms of our request to re-profile our debt and extend maturities, so that we can reduce power tariff and provide relief to the public,” the minister said in a televised address while offering condolence to the people and the government of China.
It is pertinent to mention here that two Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion near the Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport on Sunday night. The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan said the attack took place at about 11pm on Sunday and targeted the Chinese staff of the Port Qasim Electric Power Company.
The finance minister also said that strikes and agitation were taking a toll on the country’s economy and denting the national exchequer.
“Such actions cost the country around Rs. 190 billion per day, severely affecting economic growth,” the minister said. He urged those calling for strikes to consider their repercussions and instead engage in negotiations to resolve their issues.
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Engineers talking and negotiating about debt re-profiling? What did they come to Karachi for? Shouldn’t they have been going to Islamabad?
What next? Some accountant running the Foreign Ministry and pretending to be the Deputy PM?
What kind of nonsense is he saying ? Since when engineers negotiate debt ? Chartered accountants or financial accountants do that .
Also why were they in Karachi? And why is Karachi safety this bad ?
Targeting foreigners is an act of hostility and makes u a target . Why is this tolerated in this nation ?
Clearly Lumber 1 have lost
Meanwhile Lumber 1 are busy putting containers in capital .
China baap hai tumhara . Baap se mat uljho