US evacuates non-emergency staff from Lahore consulate

ISLAMABAD: The United States has evacuated all non-emergency staff from its consulate in Lahore, citing "specific threats", AFP reported on Friday.

A spokesman for the US embassy in Islamabad said the evacuation of all non-essential staff there was not linked to the alert that prompted the closure of embassies and consulates in the Middle East and Africa.


The move came as Quetta was hit by its second attack in two days as gunmen shot dead at least nine people outside a mosque on Friday.