Warden Message: Islamabad Shia Rally Today

Consular Affairs Bulletins

South / Central Asia - Pakistan
25 Oct 2005

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U.S. Consulate General Karachi issued the following Warden Message on October 25, 2005:

The Embassy would like to forward the following advisory from its Regional Security Office:

“Police Officials have advised that they have received reports from a special branch officer that today (October 25) at 1430 hours, a Shia rally would take place at the Shia mosque known as "Qasar-e-Zainabia" located at St. 58, G-6/4, Islamabad.

The route of the rally will begin at St. 58 and continue on to Garden Road, past the Polyclinic Hospital where they will take a turn on to service road and end at Imambargah (the main Shia mosque) which is located in G-6/2 Islamabad.

The rally is religious in nature and expected to be very peaceful. Police have advised that about 250-300 people may participate in the rally. The rally is scheduled to start at 1430 hours from G-6/4 and terminate in Imambargah in G-6/2 at 1700 hours. It is recommended that all Mission Employees and American Community members be advised to avoid the Polyclinic Hospital area and Garden Road between 1400 hours and 1730 hours today.”

Contact information follows for all four posts in Pakistan:

The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad is located in Diplomatic Enclave, Ramna 5; telephone (92-51) 208-0000; Consular Section telephone (92-51) 208-2700; fax (92-51) 282-2632, website http://islamabad.usembassy.gov.

The U.S. Consulate General in Karachi, located at 8 Abdullah Haroon Road, closed its public operations indefinitely due to security concerns. U.S. citizens requiring emergency assistance should call the consular section in Karachi. Their telephone is (92-21) 568-5170 (after hours: 92-21-568-1606; fax (92-21) 568-0496, website http://usembassy.state.gov/karachi.

The U.S. Consulate in Lahore is located on 50-Empress Road Sharah-E-Abdul Hamid Bin Badees, (Old Empress Road) near Shimla Hill Rotary, telephone (92-42) 603-4000 or 603-4250, fax (92-42) 603-4200, website http://lahore.usconsulate.gov. Email address: acslahore@state.gov.

The U.S. Consulate in Peshawar is located at 11 Hospital Road, Cantonment, Peshawar; telephone (92-91) 279-801 through 803and (92-92) 285-901 through 903; fax (92-91) 276-712, website http://Peshawar.usconsulate.gov.

For the latest security information, Americans traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department’s Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov where the Worldwide Caution Public Announcement and the Pakistan Consular Information Sheet and Travel Warning can be found. Up to date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the United States, or, for callers outside the United States and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).