On 26 March 2024, in Bisham Tehsil, Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a suicide bomber attacked a bus transporting five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver on their way to the Dasu Dam, killing all of them.
[1][2][3][4][5][6] The bomber rammed an explosive-filled car into the bus that was travelling from Islamabad to Kohistan on the Karakoram Highway.
[9] Aftab Khan Sherpao, Central Chairman of Qaumi Watan Party, expressed concern in a tweet, saying that the attack was "proof of the rising tide of terrorism.
"[10] On 29 March, Chinese investigators arrived in Pakistan to join a probe into the attack.
[12] On 23 May, the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet decided to pay USD 2.58 million to the families of Chinese workers that died in the attack.