Pak UN staffer receives threats, told to stay at home

A suicide car bomb attack outside the Danish Embassy in Islamabad in June had caused extensive damage to the office of a UN-backed non-governmental organisation. Eight persons were killed in that attack.

Rejecting reports about the closure of UN offices in Pakistan due to the threatening call, Kamal told the Daily Times that UN authorities had asked staffers of the Gender Support Programme office to remain at home and keep in touch via the Internet.

“One of our staffers working at the office of Gender Support Programme being run in collaboration with UNDP had received a threatening phone call and the police are tracing out the unidentified caller as the government cannot take such things lightly,” she said.

The security at all UN offices is already tight and they are functioning normally, she said. The UN is working on a plan to relocate all its offices to the high-security Diplomatic Enclave. The construction of a pre-fabricated building is already under way at the enclave.