ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Tuesday expressed deep sorrow and grief over the death of Chinese citizens who lost their lives in a heinous terrorist attack in Bisham, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last week.
He unequivocally condemned the terrorist attack and said that all political parties are united and are on one page to condemn the cowardly attack on Chinese nationals.
In a meeting with Ambassador Jiang Zaidong at the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad, the speaker said that every Pakistani shares the grief and sadness in the death of innocent Chinese nationals in this tragic incident.
He termed such attacks on Chinese citizens as attempts to bring fissure in unbreakable relations between Pakistan and China.
He said that terrorists will never succeed in their nefarious designs to create a rift between the two countries.
The speaker also said that Pakistani security agencies along with people and parliament would soon uproot terrorism from the soil of Pakistan.
While mentioning the importance of bilateral parliamentary cooperation, he said that it had been his honour to organize the first Speakers’ Conference in 2017 on developing a shared declaration on enhancing regional connectivity and counter-terrorism.
He stressed the need to revive the Parliamentary Friendship Group between Pakistan and China for sharing parliamentary experiences.
Later on, he also penned condolence remarks in the visitors’ book in the Chinese embassy in Pakistan.
Chinese Ambassador Expresses Gratitude to Pakistan
On his part, the Chinese Ambassador expressed gratitude to the government of Pakistan, its parliament and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) for their support and sharing grief.
He said that such activities would not deter Beijing from supporting Islamabad.
