China Pushes for Security Personnel Deployment in Pakistan

A Pakistani soldier guards a garment factory in Karachi where two Chinese nationals were shot last week, one in a series of recent attacks. Image: Rizwan Tabassum, AFP

China is reportedly putting pressure on Pakistan to allow Chinese security personnel to protect Chinese nationals in the country.

This follows high-level security talks in the wake of a suicide bombing that killed two Chinese engineers outside of the airport in Karachi.

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