PARTICIPANTS of the ceremony cut a cake to mark the Chinese New Year. White Star
KARACHI: The Confucius Institute at the University of Karachi on Thursday evening celebrated Chinese New Year also known as Happy Spring Festival at an hour-long ceremony on the university campus.
Speaking on the occasion, the Pakistani director of the institute, Prof Nasiruddin thanked KU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi for lending a helping hand in organising the event. He wished that the new year would bring happiness and prosperity to China and hoped that Pak-China relations would further strengthen. He told the audience that the institute was in its seventh year having six to seven teaching sites in Karachi with 800 students.