ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: In order to express solidarity with the people and government of China, President Dr. Arif Alvi visited the Embassy of China in Islamabad on Saturday and offered his heartfelt condolences over the loss of precious lives of Chinese nationals in terrorist attack that took place in Karachi on April 26, 2022.
Talking to the Charge d’ Affaires Pang Chunxue and officers of the Chinese Embassy, the president said that the entire Pakistani nation was in deep pain and shock over the unfortunate incident and shared the grief of Chinese brothers and sisters.
چین کے عوام اور حکومت سے اظہار یکجہتی کے لیے صدر مملکت ڈاکٹر عارف علوی کا چین کے سفارت خانے کا دورہ
صدر مملکت نے 26 اپریل 2022 کو کراچی میں ہونے والے دہشت گرد حملے میں چینی شہریوں کی قیمتی جانوں کے ضیاع پر دلی تعزیت کا اظہار کیا pic.twitter.com/HWKig3NRu7
— The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) April 30, 2022
President Arif Alvi reiterated the resolve that Pakistan would leave no stone unturned to ensure the safety of Chinese nationals and bring to justice the elements involved in this heinous incident.
Condemning the incident, the president stated that some hostile countries were behind it which wanted to harm Pak-China friendship and CPEC project but they would not succeed in their designs as both countries enjoyed deep friendship and were strongly committed to further strengthen the all-weather friendship.
The president asked the Charge d’ Affaires to convey his heartfelt condolences to the Chinese people, Communist party and President Xi Jinping.
The Chinese Charge d’ Affaires Pang Chunxue thanked President Arif Alvi for visiting the Embassy and expressing solidarity with the people and government of China.
The Charge d’ Affaires said that both countries had shared future and had a long history of friendship and close cooperation.
Pang Chunxue condemned the attack and hoped that the culprit behind this incident would be apprehended and punished.
Later, the president wrote remarks in the Visitor’s Book of the Embassy.