A fire ripped through the camp of a Chinese company managing the construction of a remote hydropower dam in northwestern Pakistan on April 4, officials said. Since 2015, Beijing has poured billions of dollars into Pakistan under an investment scheme known as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Private firms have also flooded over the border to service contracts on ambitious infrastructure projects, despite persistent threats from Pakistani militants. Police said the predawn blaze ruined a warehouse complex for the Dasu hydropower project in the Kohistan district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, 180 kilometers north of Islamabad. To read the original story by AFP, click here.
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