Islamabad - China has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Quetta, expressing condolences to the unfortunate victims, and sympathy to the injured. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong was leading a delegation on a visit in Quetta on the same day. When the attack occurred, the Chinese delegation was not in the hotel. Till present, no reports of casualties of Chinese citizens in the attack have been received.

Meanwhile, a case of bomb blast in the parking of a local hotel in Quetta has been registered in the Counter Terrorism Development (CTD) police station on Thursday.

According to CTD officials, the case has been registered under 302,324, 324 QD, 427 PPC. The case is also included section of the Explosives Act and Seven ATA. The case has been registered on complaint of SHO of the concerned police station within the limits of the crime scene.

Earlier, the site of the blast was declared a crime scene and sealed off.

According to police, 5 people were killed and 10 injured in the blast of Wednesday night.

Separately, Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Security and Strategic Policy Planning Dr Moeed Yusuf on Thursday expressed his grief over death of five people during the Quetta terrorist attack.

In his message on social networking site Twitter, he extended condolence and prayed for the departed souls of the martyrs.

“My prayers and condolences for the martyrs of the terrorist attack in Quetta,” he said in his tweet.

Moeed added, “We remain resolute and steadfast in the face of any enemy nexus that seeks to rekindle terrorism.”

The SAPM resolved that we as a nation would Insha’Allah (God willing) continue to defeat all nefarious designs of any kind against Pakistan.