- Compensation of Rs 2.5 million is also recommended for the slain Pakistanis.
- Five Chinese workers and one Pakistani were killed in an attack on March 26.
- The Inter-Ministerial Committee recommends the amount of ECC compensation.
ISLAMABAD: The government will approve a compensation package of $2.58 million for employees of a Chinese company who were killed in the March 26 Dasu terror attack.
A senior Cabinet Division official said News that the Economic Coordination Committee (CEC) is likely to give the green light to the package at its next meeting.
The committee secretariat also received a summary requesting $2.58 million in compensation for the five Chinese employees of China Gezhouba, a contracting company working on the Dasu hydropower project.
The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) has recommended the compensation amount to the ECC based on GDP per capita and purchasing power parity.
Compensation of Rs 2.5 million was also recommended for a Pakistani national who died in the same attack.
The amount will be transferred to the account of the Pakistani embassy in Beijing, which will then transfer the payments to the families of the victims through appropriate channels.
The IMC's recommendations came almost two months after a terror attack in Shangla claimed the lives of at least six people – five Chinese engineers and one Pakistani – working on the Dasu Dam, earlier this week.
The victims died on Tuesday when an explosives-laden vehicle collided with the bus carrying them on the Karakoram Highway in Bisham area.
Following the attack, Chinese companies overseeing operations temporarily suspended civil works at the Dasu and Diamer-Bhasha dam sites due to security concerns.
About 991 Chinese engineers were working on both projects, while local staff were told to stay home until further instructions.
Reacting to the deadly attack, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian termed the terrorist attack as an attempt to sabotage relations between China and Pakistan.
“Beijing remains steadfast in its commitment to work with Islamabad in various fields,” the official said.
