07-22-2007, 05:23 PM
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<b>More than 80 people have returned to China from Karachi in the past two days </b>fearing that the law and order situation would worsen in the coming days, revealed Mujahid Zaman of Pakistan-China Foundation while talking to The News on Saturday.
Many people of Chinese orgin who had been residing in Karachi for over 16 years packed their bags and left for China after the recent bomb blast with the promise of returning when the situation stabilizes. Zaman said that the remaining families also feel extremely vulnerable and are refraining from stepping out of their homes.
<b>âThey have also been issued strict orders by the Chinese Consulate to avoid visiting public places like shopping malls or hypermarkets,â </b>he added. However, during a meeting with a Chinese family and a visiting delegation at the Pakistan-China Cultural Center on Saturday, they refused to admit that they felt unsafe.
Tsui His Ping, Senior Vice President Pakistan China Foundation and the owner of a Chinese restaurant in DHA said he has been living in Karachi for the past 30 years and claimed that the past incidents would not make him change his mind and leave the city, which he now considers home.
Even though the petrified look on his face had another story to tell, Mr. and Mrs. Ping both claimed that these acts of terrorists were aimed at harming the cordial relations between China and Pakistan. Their 12-year-old grandson, Jackson Chee, however, was exceptionally chirpy throughout the conversation.
His parents practice dentistry in Saddar and have no plans of leaving Pakistan either. âIâm not going to leave this country. This is my birthplace,â he says. He also said he rarely felt being discriminated against and that Pakistanis are kind people. On being questioned what he enjoys most about being in Pakistan, he said âspicy foodâ with a glint in his eye.
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<b>More than 80 people have returned to China from Karachi in the past two days </b>fearing that the law and order situation would worsen in the coming days, revealed Mujahid Zaman of Pakistan-China Foundation while talking to The News on Saturday.
Many people of Chinese orgin who had been residing in Karachi for over 16 years packed their bags and left for China after the recent bomb blast with the promise of returning when the situation stabilizes. Zaman said that the remaining families also feel extremely vulnerable and are refraining from stepping out of their homes.
<b>âThey have also been issued strict orders by the Chinese Consulate to avoid visiting public places like shopping malls or hypermarkets,â </b>he added. However, during a meeting with a Chinese family and a visiting delegation at the Pakistan-China Cultural Center on Saturday, they refused to admit that they felt unsafe.
Tsui His Ping, Senior Vice President Pakistan China Foundation and the owner of a Chinese restaurant in DHA said he has been living in Karachi for the past 30 years and claimed that the past incidents would not make him change his mind and leave the city, which he now considers home.
Even though the petrified look on his face had another story to tell, Mr. and Mrs. Ping both claimed that these acts of terrorists were aimed at harming the cordial relations between China and Pakistan. Their 12-year-old grandson, Jackson Chee, however, was exceptionally chirpy throughout the conversation.
His parents practice dentistry in Saddar and have no plans of leaving Pakistan either. âIâm not going to leave this country. This is my birthplace,â he says. He also said he rarely felt being discriminated against and that Pakistanis are kind people. On being questioned what he enjoys most about being in Pakistan, he said âspicy foodâ with a glint in his eye.
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