ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Separatist militants that launched widespread coordinated attacks in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan want to stop development projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday.
In a televised address to cabinet, Sharif said the militants wanted to drive a wedge between Islamabad and Beijing, which has invested heavily in the province in a deepwater port and also has a gold and copper mine.
(Reporting by Gibran Peshimam; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
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