FM vows to bring perpetrators of KU bombing to justice

Foreign ministry holds memorial service for bombing victims

ISLAMABAD:

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari reaffirmed the government’s commitment on Saturday to thoroughly investigate the April 26 suicide bombing at the Karachi University and bring the perpetrators of the terrorist attack to justice.

Speaking at a memorial service at the Foreign Ministry to honour the lives and services of the victims of the Karachi bombing, the minister expressed his determination not to allow anyone to harm the friendship between Pakistan and China.

The foreign minister strongly condemned the Karachi University terrorist attack. He said that the entire nation grieved with the families and people of China at this terrible loss, and offered his heartfelt condolences.

Three Chinese teachers Huang Guiping, Ding Mufang and Chen Sai, as well as their Pakistani driver, Khalid Nawaz, died, when a female suicide bomber set off explosives close to their vehicle near the Confucius Institute on the university premises.

The memorial service at the ministry was attended by Chargé d’Affaires of China in Islamabad Pang Chunxue, senior Chinese officials and other Chinese nationals in Pakistan. Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood and officers of the ministry also attended the ceremony.

Speaking on the occasion, Pang Chunxue thanked the government of Pakistan for organising the memorial service and appreciated the expression of solidarity and support by the entire Pakistani nation against the cowardly attack.

She vowed that the blood of the Chinese people in nurturing this timeless friendship would not go in vain, and that any attack aimed at the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between Pakistan and China was doomed to fail.

The foreign secretary, in his remarks, said that the tragic deaths of innocent teachers had caused deep shock and anguish to every Pakistani, but this had not deterred their resolve to defeat the scourge of terrorism.

He underlined that Pakistan and China had always stood by each other and expressed the confidence that the two countries could counter any challenge working together in their long-standing spirit of mutual support and close cooperation.

On the occasion, the foreign minister also laid floral wreaths in remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice of the Chinese teachers and recorded his remarks in the condolence Book, A press release, issued by the Foreign Office spokesperson said.