ISLAMABAD: The United Nations will withdraw some of its staff from Pakistan because of safety concerns, a UN spokeswoman said on Thursday, highlighting security threats posed by increasingly brazen Taliban militants.
A UN World Food Programme (WFP) staff member arranges candles as others pray near portraits of their five colleagues, who were killed in a suicide attack, during a memorial service at the WFP offices in Islamabad. - Reuters/File photo
“Some percentage of the international staff will be relocated and this relocation includes within the country and outside the country to safer locations,” Ishrat Rizvi told Reuters.
Despite military crackdowns, Taliban militants have been carrying out bombings that have spread from their strongholds along a lawless northwest tribal belt to major cities, including one attack near the headquarters of the powerful military and another suicide bombing that killed 43 people in the commercial capital of Karachi on Monday and sparked riots.
Rizvi said the relocation was decided because “the safety and security situation in the country and safety of staff members is highly important for the United Nations”.
In October, a suicide bomber dressed as a paramilitary soldier blew himself up in an office of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Islamabad, killing five staff members.
“Pakistan is facing its most challenging time for the last few years. In light of this, the secretary-general decided to realign the projects and programmes of the United Nations in Pakistan,” Rizvi said.
The UN decision comes at a time of anti-American feelings in Pakistan. Unmanned US drone attacks on militant targets on Pakistani soil and a US aid package with conditions many see as a violation of sovereignty have infuriated Pakistanis.
Endless conspiracy theories about alleged US designs on Pakistan may make UN officials in Pakistan nervous. Some newspapers have suggested American security contractors are carrying out clandestine missions that harm the country.—Reuters
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