Chinese national found dead in Pakistan

DN Bureau

A Chinese man was found dead in a stormwater drain in Islamabad.

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Islamabad: A Chinese man was found dead in a stormwater drain in Islamabad, said Pakistan police on Friday.

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The man, who has been identified as Li Jinqiang, had arrived in Pakistan on April 13 and had gone out to buy medicine. Since then he had been missing.

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The cause of his death is yet to be known. The body has been sent for postmortem.

The attack on Chinese who are living in Pakistan has lately become frequent.

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Last year, the Embassy of China in Islamabad had warned Chinese citizens and Chinese organisations in Pakistan to be on alert for possible terror attacks on them.

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According to an estimate, there are nearly 400,000 Chinese people living in Pakistan, with a large number of professionals involved in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). (ANI)










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