Thai Foreign Ministry said Thai students in Pakistan are safe.

Foreign Ministry condemned on Friday the assassination of Pakistani former premier Benazir Bhutto and called for all parties to react with restraints.

In the ministry's statement, it said Thailand was deeply shocked and saddened by the deplorable act which led to the deaths of Mrs. Benazir Bhutto and several other innocent bystanders.

"Thailand condemns all forms of terrorist and extremist acts and calls on all parties to react with restraint and work together for the stability of Pakistan," read the statement.

Meanwhile Thai Foreign Ministry said all Thai students in Pakistan were safe as violence gripped Pakistan after former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated on Thursday.

Foreign Ministry's spokesman Tharit Charungvat said there are 263 Thai students in Pakistan, 150 of them are in Karachi, 80 in Lahore, 25 in Islamabad and eight in Rawalpindi where Bhutto was killed.

Thai embassy in Islamabad has checked the students through their network and found that all of them were safe.

The embassy has warned the students not to involve in the violence that now spread to many parts of the country following the assassination.
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