Chinese embassy in Islamabad has clarified that all the Confucius Institutes in Pakistan are operational and none of them has been shut down.

A spokesperson of the Chinese embassy said all the teaching activities at various Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms in Pakistan will be carried out through online or offline by the Chinese and Pakistani teachers, and the partnering universities of China.

The spokesperson said some Chinese teachers have returned to China for the upcoming summer vacation and they would come back to Pakistan at an appropriate time.