Turkey expresses grief over loss of lives in Dasu explosion

ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday extended condolences to Pakistan over the loss of lives in a recent militant attack.

13 people, including nine Chinese workers, were killed last week when a blast on a bus sent it careening down a ravine in Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The bus was carrying Chinese engineers, surveyors and mechanical staff to the Dasu dam construction site.

"Learned with deep sorrow that many Pakistani brothers and sisters passed away in a bus accident in Punjab," Cavusoglu wrote on Twitter.

Learned w/deep sorrow that many Pakistani brothers and sisters passed away in a bus accident in #Punjab. I wish Allah's mercy to those who lost their lives, a speedy recovery to the injured and condolences to the brotherly people of #Pakistan.@SMQureshiPTI@ForeignOfficePk

— Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (@MevlutCavusoglu) July 19, 2021

"I wish Allah's mercy to those who lost their lives, a speedy recovery to the injured and condolences to the brotherly people of Pakistan," he said.