Pakistan Holds Religious Parade, US Embassy Issues Security Warning

JAKARTA - A large-scale religious parade is scheduled to take place simultaneously in Pakistan today, Tuesday, February 10.

Responding to the parade in the Muslim-majority country, the US issued a security warning by restricting the movement of employees at US embassies and consulates in Pakistan.

The warning was directed at employees of the US Embassy in Islamabad and the US Consulate General in Lahore, Karachi, and Peshawar.

Attention U.S. Citizens: Security Alert The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad and the U.S. Consulates General in Lahore, Karachi, and Peshawar are monitoring planned large-scale religious processions across Pakistan. Beginning March 10 at 12:00 p.m., the movements of all U.S. personnel… pic.twitter.com/JPVybO2plC

— U.S. Embassy Islamabad (@usembislamabad) March 9, 2026

Not long ago, the US Consulate General in Karachi was attacked by a crowd of demonstrators protesting the US-Israeli attack on Iran.

The February 28 attack destroyed the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' special elementary school in Minab, Iran, killing more than 160 people including students.

Since the attack on the US Consulate General in Karachi, the US has suspended all consular operations at the embassy in Islamabad, and consulates in Lahore, Karachi, and Peshawar.