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Friday, May 20, 2011

Members of Saudi consulate leave Karachi

Karachi: After the killing of Saudi diplomat in Karachi, families, additional and non-diplomat staff of Saudi Consulate left Pakistan on Thursday.

According to media reports, a special charted aircraft left from Quaid-e-Azam international airport Karachi with several members of Saudi consulate in Karachi and their families onboard.
Riyadh government is determined to cutoff extra staff from Karachi consulate and decided to call the families and additional diplomatic staff back to Saudi Arabia.
According to sources Saudi government has not yet decided to shut its consulate in Karachi which had been attacked by miscreants and after few days of this incident its diplomat was shot dead, while sources added only compulsory personnel will be deployed in the consulate. Online