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US ConGen Karachi Sponsors 2012 Pakistan-India Social Media Mela
In June last year, the US Consulate General in Karachi sponsored Pakistan’s first social media summit (see US ConGen Karachi Sponsors Network!! Pakistan’s First Social Media Summit). This year, USCG...
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More Independence Day Celebrations 2012 – Around the Foreign Service
Catch up post on additional Fourth of July celebrations around the Foreign Service this year that caught our eye. The previous one we did is here: Independence Day Celebrations 2012 – Around the...
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Protests Spread, Embassy Warnings and Temporary Suspension of Public Services
The Atlantic Wire’s John Hudson mapped on Google the protests breaking out across the globe due to a 14-minute YouTube clip of an anti-Muslim movie. The protests are directed primarily against U.S....
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Pakistan’s “Love for the Prophet Day” Ends with 15 Dead, 200+ Wounded and...
On Monday, September 17, the Pakistan Telecom Authority had ordered access to the anti-Islam film roiling parts of the world blocked from Pakistan. According to AFP Pakistan, attempts to access...
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US Consulate General Lahore Now on Ordered Departure For Non-Emergency Personnel
– Domani Spero On August 8, theState Department issued a new Travel Warning for Pakistan warning U.S. citizens to defer all non-essential travel to that country and announcing the ordered departure of...
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US Embassy Beirut and US Consulate Adana (Turkey) Now on Departure Orders for...
– By Domani Spero Update @ 10:21 am — US Consulate Adana: We have been informed that the US Consulate in Adana is on “authorized departure” with leaving post voluntary for the non-emergency personnel...
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Suicide Attack in Lahore’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park Kills 70, Injures 250 in...
Posted: 1:08 am ET USCG Lahore released a emergency message on March 27 informing U.S. citizens that a suicide bomber killed at least 60 people outside of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park in Lahore’s Iqbal Town...
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New Faces at U.S. Mission Pakistan: Raymond McGrath, Grace Shelton, Yuriy Fedkiw
Posted: 1:29 am ET This year’s rotation brought new faces to the three constituent posts in Pakistan. Senior FSO Raymond McGrath is the latest to join the US Mission in Pakistan as he became Consul...
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Raymond Davis Writes About How He Landed in Prison and Ignited a Diplomatic...
Posted: 4:59 am ET For three months in the early part of 2011, Raymond Davis was the biggest news out of Pakistan (see links below). This week, he released a book of his account from landing in...
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USCG Montreal Consul General Nina Maria Fite to be U.S. Ambassador to Angola
Posted: 2:12 am ET On September 2, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Nina Maria Fite to be U.S. Ambassador to Angola. The WH released the following brief bio: Nina Maria Fite of...
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