Besham tragedy
\nDisciplinary action will be taken against RPO Hazara Division, DPOs Upper Kohistan, Lower Kohistan within 15 days
\nLAHORE
\nInformation Minister Attaullah Tarar on Saturday said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had ordered disciplinary action against senior police officers for \u201cnegligence\u201d in light of an inquiry report on the Shangla district attack that killed five Chinese nationals.
\nAddressing media in Lahore, Tarar said the prime minister had constituted an inquiry committee on the March 26 attack on a vehicle carrying Chinese engineers to the Dasu Hydropower Project.
\n\u201cThe PM has directed to take action against the regional police officer (RPO) Hazara Division; district police officer of Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan; director security, Dasu Hydropower Project and commandant special security unit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa within 15 days,\u201d he said.
\nThe inquiry committee was formed to probe the matter and identify the lapses in security protocol.
\nAt least six people including five Chinese engineers working on the Dasu project were killed in the suicide attack that took place on the Karakoram Highway in the Bisham area, Shangla district.
\nThey were travelling from Islamabad to the dam construction site in the Dasu area of the Upper Kohistan district.
\nHighlighting the swift response of the Pakistani authorities, Tarar said the PM immediately went to the Chinese consulate after the incident and also personally visited Dasu area to boost the morale of Chinese engineers.
\n\u201cWe want peace in the region but our desire should not be misconstrued as a weakness. We are taking the matter of the security of the Chinese very seriously. PM Shehbaz is himself overseeing security of the Chinese projects and engineers,\u201d he said adding that the nation\u2019s morale was high and they would not let anyone destroy the peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Besham tragedy Disciplinary action will be taken against RPO Hazara Division, DPOs Upper Kohistan, Lower Kohistan within 15 days LAHORE Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Saturday said Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had ordered disciplinary action against senior police officers for \u201cnegligence\u201d in light of an inquiry report on the Shangla district attack that killed five […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-399067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n