KARACHI: The vice chancellor of Karachi University has agreed to a plan to relocate Confucius Institute, where a suicide bombing took place earlier this year, into a more secured facility on the campus but within a boundary wall.

During a recent visit to the institute, its director Prof Dr Nasiruddin Khan briefed KU VC Dr Khaliq Mehmood Iraqi about future plans for the place of learning that had been hit by a terrorist strike five months ago.

Prof Khan informed the VC that over 250 students were learning Chinese language at the institute. He expected a further increase in enrolment in the days to come.

He said that the institute needed a separate building, where academic and residential blocks would be within a boundary wall.

Agreeing with the need of a new building on a separate piece of land within the KU premises, the VC asked the director to submit his proposal to the varsity’s syndicate so that it could discuss and formally approve it.

Dr Khan said that once the syndicate approved it, the Higher Education Commission would be requested for a grant. He mentioned that some other organisations were also ready to help in this regard.

Chinese teachers donate for flood-hit people

The Chinese teachers, who had survived the suicide bombing, donated from their salaries Rs600,000 for the flood-affected people of the country, said a KU press release.

The Chinese faculty members at the Confucius Institute had returned to their country after the devastating attack that left their three colleagues and a Pakistani driver dead. However, they are still teaching the students of the institute through online classes.

They sent the donation to the director of the Confucius Institute, who handed over it to the KU VC.

Published in Dawn, September 23rd, 2022