South Asia News

UN closes offices in Pakistan after suicide bombing (Extra)

Oct 5, 2009, 9:04 GMT

   Islamabad - The United Nations on Monday said it has closed its offices in Pakistan following a suicide attack on the office of the World Food Programme in Islamabad that killed three employees of the agency, including an Iraqi national.

   'We have temporarily suspended our operations in Pakistan due to the security risks to the UN staff,' said Ishrat Rizvi, national information officer for the United Nations Information Centre in Islamabad.

   Rizvi said she could not say when the UN offices would reopen.