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Beijing has poured billions of dollars into Pakistan in recent years, but Chinese-funded projects have sparked resentment and their citizens have frequently come under attack from separatists and Islamist militants Days after the Shehbaz Sharif-led government took charge, separatists and Islamist militants in Pakistan have stepped up attacks on Chinese-funded infrastructure projects and their personnel, prompting Beijing — Islamabad's all-weather ally — to demand a "thorough probe" and the arrest of the "perpetrators".
On March 26, five Chinese nationals working on a major dam construction site were killed along with their driver when a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle in northwest Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said.
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