ISLAMABAD -- Chinese investors filed a petition at a local court in Pakistan last week against police harassment that they say is done in the guise of providing security. Though the petition was withdrawn a few days later, the action marks the first of its kind by Chinese nationals in Pakistan and could impact China's already shaky investment confidence in the South Asian nation.
Pakistan has enacted strict security protocols for over 20,000 Chinese nationals working in the country due to repeated attacks targeting them. Twenty Chinese nationals have been killed and 34 injured across 14 attacks since 2021, according to Pakistan's National Counter Terrorism Authority. But these security arrangements, which were a demand from Beijing, are backfiring.
