KU students protest against suicide blast.

KARACHI -- Students of Confucius Centre Karachi University staged protest in demand of justice against suicide attack on their three teachers on Friday.

The students carried placards and Pakistan and China's flags, with slogans of 'Pak-China friendship', 'terrorism is unacceptable' and photographs of the deceased on their posters.

Director of Confucius Institute Professor Dr Nasir Khan and security adviser Muhammad Zubair were also present at the protest.

The students strongly condemned the suicide attack on their teachers and the Pakistani driver inside the university campus, and demanded immediate punishment for the perpetrators.

They asked the university administration to make arrangements to restore their classes and ensure the safety of their teachers as soon as possible, adding that they wanted to continue learning the Chinese language.

Talking to the media, a student said that there are differences between the people of one nation and another, but that does not give anyone the right to hurt the other.

Another student, Isha, said that people talk about CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) and raise the slogan of Pak-China friendship, this friendship should go beyond learning languages and cultures but is obstructed by terrorism.

'This obstruction will actually be an obstacle in the way of development of Pakistan,' she added.

Another student of the Confucius Institute, Fatima, stated that it was unthinkable that such an abhorrent attack could be conducted in a place of learning, against innocent facilitators of education. She maintained that everyone...

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