US shuts Pakistan embassy, consulates
The United States has closed its embassy and all consulates in Pakistan, as protests against the release of a CIA contractor charged with killing two Pakistanis intensify. A statement issued by the US embassy in Islamabad said on Thursday that the diplomatic mission and US consulates will shut down to avoid any mishaps, as Pakistanis vow to continue the protests on Friday, a Press TV correspondent reported. Hundreds of outraged people took to streets in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, Hyderabad and Peshawar on Thursday and chanted slogans against the US-backed government of Pakistan, calling it a “slave of the US.” The protesters also chanted anti-US slogans, saying the United States is an enemy and wants to destabilize Pakistan. They asked the government not to destroy the country for their own interests.
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