Pakistan

Date: August 27th, 2002 |

The U.S. Consulate in Karachi, closed Aug. 5 because of security concerns, is operating again but only by ph0ne from a secret location. The phone numbers for the old consulate offices remain i [read more]

Pakistan

Date: July 16th, 2002 |

No Comments

The sentencing to death of the mastermind in the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl may add more incentive to avoid travel to Pakistan. Militant groups could lash out either at the Pakistani government or visiting foreigners to vent their anger at what they consider American pressure for a conviction and [read more]

Pakistan

Date: May 13th, 2002 |

No Comments

Karachi has been periodically riven by political violence over the last several years, and is now under Central Government rule as a result. Keep a low profile and avoid large g [read more]

Pakistan

Date: January 29th, 2002 |

No Comments

The kidnapping of a Wall Street Journal reporter in Karachi underscores the risks of travel in Pakistan, where tensions remain high and security is uncertain. The government supports U.S. actions in Afghanistan but a simmering anti-American sentiment exists among a sector of the population, and militant groups remain committed to the “liberation” of Kashmir in [read more]

Pakistan

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

No Comments

The U.S. State Department issued a travel warning July 16 urging tourists to carefully evaluate the implications for their security before traveling to Pakistan. The U.S. Government received information suggesting that extremists based in Afghanistan are preparing to attack U.S. interests in Pakistan. The presence of international terrorist Osama bin Laden in neighboring Afghanistan and [read more]

Pakistan

Date: August 6th, 2002 |

No Comments

The U.S. Consulate in Karachi suspended operations Aug. 5 when authorities reopened a street in front of it that had been the site of a June 14 car-bombing that killed 12. Abdullan Haroon Road had been closed after that attack, then later had one lane opened. The removal of concrete blocks and reopening of the [read more]

Pakistan

Date: May 13th, 2002 |

No Comments

A Muslim militant group based here is threatening to kill Americans in retaliation for the deaths of comrades in U.S. bombings of Osama bin Laden’s terrorist training camps in Afghanistan last August. Harkat Ansar, an organization on the U.S. government’s list of terrorist groups, vowed to kill 100 Americans for every member of their group [read more]

Pakistan

Date: March 19th, 2002 |

No Comments

The March 17 bombing of a Protestant church in a heavily guarded diplomatic compound in Islamabad is being viewed by authorities as an anti-American attack rather than anti-Christian. There are many Christian churches in the country that are unguarded, easy targets; this church was between the U.S. Embassy and the Chinese Embassy in a secure [read more]

Pakistan

Date: December 19th, 2001 |

No Comments

The Punjab has been scorching in a heat wave and a water shortage has been disrupting the supply in Karachi, where fears are building that unrest could result from further shortages. Follow local press reports for curren [read more]

Pakistan

Date: November 1st, 2001 |

No Comments

A Pakistani opposition party leader called for attacks against Americans if the U.S. government tried to capture Osama bin Laden. Maulana Fazalur Rehman of Jamiat-Ulema-Islami (JUI), an Islamic party, made the threats at rallies in several cities in early August. U.S. diplomats asked him to withdraw the threats but he only repeated them. As a [read more]

Travel the World

More WTW

Monthly Archives