New York Daily News | US orders non-essential staff out of consulate in Pakistan's Lahore Reuters ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The U.S. government ordered the evacuation of non-essential staff from its consulate in the northeastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday due to the threat of attack, with the State Department also warning U.S. citizens not to ... Pakistan on High Alert After Intercepting Threats to Military Sites US withdraws staff from consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, over terror threat US issues warning over Pakistan threat |
US Orders Most Officials Out of Lahore, Pakistan TIME (blog) (ISLAMABAD) — The U.S. has warned Americans not to travel to Pakistan and evacuated most government personnel from the country's second largest city because of a threat to the consulate there, a U.S. official said Friday, the latest example of the ... |
Yahoo! News | At least 10 killed, dozens injured in attack outside Pakistan mosque Los Angeles Times ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Gunmen on Friday killed at least 10 people and wounded 30 outside a mosque in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's western Baluchistan province, in the second attack in that city in two days, local media reported. The violence is ... Gunmen kill 6 in attack on politician in Pakistan Gunmen in Pakistan kill nine in attack at mosque on Muslim holiday Pakistan city hit by second attack |
The Guardian | US pulls staff out of Lahore as wave of Pakistan bloodshed continues The Guardian After a week that has seen murderous attacks by militants on police funerals, mosques and buses carrying people home for the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, the US has pulled its diplomatic staff out of Pakistan's second biggest city , citing security ... |
'Specific threats' shut US Consulate in Lahore; US citizens warned against ... NBCNews.com (blog) ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The U.S. Consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore was shut on Friday with only emergency staff remaining on duty following "specific threats," officials said. The State Department also advised U.S. citizens against traveling to ... |
Christian Science Monitor | Pakistan: After terror threat, US consulate in Lahore closes Christian Science Monitor The State Department closed the US consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, today and moved all non-essential personnel to the embassy in Islamabad because of a specific threat to the consulate amid a spate of extremist attacks against Pakistani targets across ... |
US orders most diplomats to leave Lahore, Pakistan; Americans warned not to ... Washington Post ISLAMABAD — The State Department has warned Americans not to travel to Pakistan and evacuated nonessential government personnel from the country's second largest city because of a specific threat to the consulate there, a U.S. official said Friday. |
Washington Post | US orders most diplomats to leave Lahore, Pakistan Washington Post WASHINGTON — The State Department on Thursday warned Americans not to travel to Pakistan and ordered nonessential government personnel to leave the U.S. Consulate in Lahore because of a specific threat to that diplomatic mission. In a travel warning ... |
ABC News (blog) | State Department Evacuates Staff from US Consulate in Pakistan ABC News (blog) The State Department has ordered the departure of all non-emergency U.S. Government personnel from the U.S. Consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, due to threats against the post. “We are undertaking this drawdown due to concerns about credible threat ... |
BBC News | Pakistan cities hit by violence and 'specific threats' BBC News The US has ordered all non-essential government personnel to leave its consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore, after a "specific threat" was made against the building. Meanwhile several people have died and some 20 others have been wounded after ... |