The government of Pakistan has approved compensation for the Chinese citizens killed in the Shangla attack. According to the information shared by concerned authorities, $2.58 million was approved for the families of 5 Chinese workers.
In a meeting of the Economic Coordi¬nation Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet with the Finance Minister on the chair, it was decided to approve a $2.58 million compensation package for the families of five Chinese workers of the Dasu Hydropower Project and an Rs2.5 million to a local national (driver) killed in a terrorist attack near Shangla.
The approval of compensation for five Chinese workers of China Gezhouba Group (contractor) was approved at the rate of $516,000 per head, as a goodwill gesture. This is on the pattern of $11.6 million previous such payments to Chinese workers (10 killed and 26 injured) in 2021 working on the same project and to two Chinese workers of Gomal Zam Dam, killed in 2004.
