Confucius Institute: Chinese teachers from Confucius Institute leave Pakistan – Times of India

Islamabad: China has recalled the instructors teaching here Confucius Institute Of Karachi Universitywho left for his country after weeks Karachi Three Chinese citizens were killed in the explosion.
Back in 2013, the Confucius Institute at Karachi University was established jointly with Sichuan Normal University in China.
The aim of the institute is to teach Mandarin and promote people-to-people exchanges between China and Pakistan,
The return of Chinese instructors to their home country comes in the backdrop of a suicide attack on 26 April targeting Chinese civilians at the University of Karachi outside the Confucius Institute. Four people, including three Chinese nationals, were killed in the suicide attack.
The director of the department told Geo News on Sunday that China has not only called back teachers from Karachi University but also from various Confucian institutions in the country.
Director Dr Nasir Uddin said the institute would not be closed, adding that Pakistani teachers were being asked to help teach Mandarin.
China’s confidence in Pakistan’s ability to protect Chinese workers in the country was ‘severely shaken’ after an attack on a minibus in Karachi last month.
“Chinese confidence in Pakistan’s security system in its ability to protect its citizens and their projects has been seriously shaken,” said Pakistani Senator Mushahid Hussain, chairman of the Senate Defense Committee. dawn,
“This has caused serious concern and understandable outrage in China. What’s more, the pattern of attacks is so recurrent and it is clear that Pakistani promises of ‘foolproof security’ are mere words, which are retaliatory on the ground,” he said. don’t match.”
He had also criticized Pakistan’s security system for being indolent and said that security agencies were taking a nap.
“If such attacks continue, not only Chinese but other foreign investors will be forced to review their role in Pakistan,” he said.