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Norway shuts Islamabad Embassy for two days
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editor on 03 July, 2009 12:29:00
 
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Ragnhild Imerslund said based on the developments
in the general security situation, Norway has decided to close its embassy in
Islamabad on Thursday 2 July and Friday 3 July told AFP.
She declined to specify these developments. She also did not say whether the
Norwegian embassy had received specific threats.
It is not immediately clear whether Norway would reopen its Pak embassy after
the week end recess. ‘We are constantly reviewing the situation’, said the
foreign ministry official.
Islamabad has seen several bomb blasts and suicide attacks against western
targets.  A car bomb exploded at the Danish Embassy itself last June.