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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Asif Shahzad

Pakistan says it foiled suspected suicide attack against Chinese nationals

Pakistani police arrested a would-be suicide bomber who planned to blow herself up near a convoy of Chinese nationals along the China Pakistan Economic-Corridor (CPEC), a police statement said.

Monday's arrest came two weeks after a woman suicide bomber blew herself up on a university campus in the southern port city of Karachi, killing three Chinese teachers and their Pakistani driver.

Police arrested the militant in southwestern Balochistan province that borders Afghanistan and Iran, the statement said.

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