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| US withdraws diplomats from Lahore consulate in Pakistan | US withdraws diplomats from Lahore consulate in Pakistan |
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| The US has ordered all non-essential government personnel to leave its consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore. | The US has ordered all non-essential government personnel to leave its consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore. |
| A senior State Department official said the move was in response to a "credible threat" to the consulate. | A senior State Department official said the move was in response to a "credible threat" to the consulate. |
| US personnel remaining in Lahore should limit non-essential travel within the country, the official said. | US personnel remaining in Lahore should limit non-essential travel within the country, the official said. |
| On Thursday, the US reiterated a travel warning advising all US citizens to defer non-essential travel to Pakistan. | |
| "We are undertaking this drawdown due to concerns about credible threat information specific to the US Consulate in Lahore," the official said. | "We are undertaking this drawdown due to concerns about credible threat information specific to the US Consulate in Lahore," the official said. |
| "An updated travel warning has also been issued," the official said, adding that "US citizens remaining in Lahore... should limit non-essential travel within the country, be aware of their surroundings whether in their residences or moving about, [and] make their own contingency emergency plans." | |
| The travel warning said: "The presence of several foreign and indigenous terrorist groups poses a potential danger to US citizens throughout Pakistan." | The travel warning said: "The presence of several foreign and indigenous terrorist groups poses a potential danger to US citizens throughout Pakistan." |
| US officials say it is not clear when the consulate will open again. | US officials say it is not clear when the consulate will open again. |
| The US closed 19 diplomatic missions in the Middle East and Africa on Sunday in response to what it said was a threat of a terrorist attack. | The US closed 19 diplomatic missions in the Middle East and Africa on Sunday in response to what it said was a threat of a terrorist attack. |
| The evacuation from Lahore was undertaken as a precaution and was not related to the closure of the other diplomatic missions, AP news agency reported, citing two unnamed US officials. | The evacuation from Lahore was undertaken as a precaution and was not related to the closure of the other diplomatic missions, AP news agency reported, citing two unnamed US officials. |
| The Pakistani authorities have been holding the capital on a state of high alert, especially key Pakistan government installations, the BBC's Charles Haviland in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, reports. | The Pakistani authorities have been holding the capital on a state of high alert, especially key Pakistan government installations, the BBC's Charles Haviland in Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, reports. |
| Britain has travel warnings in place for Pakistan but these are for specific locations not including Lahore or the capital, our correspondent adds. | Britain has travel warnings in place for Pakistan but these are for specific locations not including Lahore or the capital, our correspondent adds. |