{"id":8000,"date":"2026-03-03T06:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/03\/03\/us-visa-services-suspended-pakistan-security-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T06:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T06:34:00","slug":"us-visa-services-suspended-pakistan-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/03\/03\/us-visa-services-suspended-pakistan-security-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"US Suspends Visa Services in Pakistan for Three Days Due to Security Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Embassy in Islamabad has announced that due to the current security situation, all visa services and appointments at this mission and its consulates in Pakistan will be suspended until Friday, March 6.<\/p>\n<p>The embassy stated in a message on the social media platform X that the US Embassy in Islamabad and its general consulates in Lahore and Karachi have temporarily canceled all scheduled visa appointments. The notice did not provide further details about when services will resume.<\/p>\n<p>This decision comes one day after violent protests erupted in Karachi amid rising tensions between Iran and the US, as well as ongoing conflicts between Iran and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, at least 10 people have died during these events in the areas surrounding the US consulate in Karachi. Pakistani officials have yet to release further details on the nature of the clashes and the security situation in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Embassy in Pakistan has suspended all visa services for three days due to rising security concerns amid regional tensions and protests in Karachi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}