SCO summit in Pakistan faces security concerns following Karachi attack

Separatist BLA displays capacity to slip past authorities, target Chinese nationals

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Security officials examine the site of an explosion that caused two deaths and many more injures outside a Karachi airport in Pakistan on Oct. 7. © AP

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- The Sunday attack on Chinese personnel near a Karachi airport has raised questions about Islamabad's security lapses in protecting Chinese nationals, putting Pakistan under pressure as it hosts the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) later this month.

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