Security around US missions stepped up

Published September 13, 2006

ISLAMABAD, Sept 12: Pakistan stepped up security around US missions and other western interests in the country following an attack on Tuesday on the American embassy in the Syrian capital, officials said.

Police were already on alert in Islamabad’s fortified diplomatic enclave, where the US and other key embassies are located, while the level of security has been increased in Karachi, they said.

“We are already alert as before. Our security arrangements are fool-proof,” Tariq Yasin, the police chief of Islamabad’s diplomatic protection department said. Pakistan had already beefed up security ahead of the Sept 11 attacks anniversary.—AFP

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