KU VC pays courtesy call to Chinese CG.

KARACHI -- The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Karachi Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi, Pakistani Director of the Confucius Institute (CI) Professor Dr Muhammad Nasiruddin Khan along with CI faculty visited the Chinese Consulate here and paid a courtesy call to Consul General (CG) Yang Yundong on Thursday.

During the meeting, the Chinese CG Yang Yundong expressed his gratitude to the University of Karachi for its strong support for the development of the CI at the University of Karachi and fully affirmed the positive contributions made by the Confucius Institute on the campus in promoting international Chinese education and strengthening cultural exchanges between China and Pakistan.

He said, "The CG will continue to firmly support the development of the Confucius Institute at the University of Karachi."

He hoped that the Institute would cultivate strong friendly exchanges and cooperation between Pakistan and China and people-to-people contact between both countries.

The KU VC Professor Dr Khalid Iraqi briefly introduced to the CG the teaching situation of the Confucius Institute at the University of Karachi and the ongoing 2+2 joint BS program for undergraduates majoring in Chinese...