{"id":11261,"date":"2026-03-09T13:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=11261"},"modified":"2026-03-09T13:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T13:36:11","slug":"us-consulates-in-karachi-and-lahore-closed-visa-appointments-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=11261","title":{"rendered":"US Consulates in Karachi and Lahore Closed, Visa Appointments Cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Karachi (HRNW)-\u00a0The US Consulates in Karachi and Lahore remain closed, and several visa appointments have been cancelled following the current security situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">According to the US Embassy, both immigrant and non-immigrant visa appointments scheduled from today until March 13 have been cancelled. The embassy stated that affected applicants will receive instructions regarding new appointments via email.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Meanwhile, routine and emergency consular services for US citizens in Pakistan will continue despite the suspension of visa services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">It is worth noting that the US Embassy temporarily suspended certain consular services after violent protests erupted in various Pakistani cities following the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">In addition, US citizens currently living in Pakistan have been advised to stay informed about local conditions, follow news updates, and take necessary precautionary measures.<\/p>\n<p><em>Support independent journalism and human rights reporting.<br \/>\nDonate here:<\/em> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/donate-us\/\">https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/donate-us\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi (HRNW)-\u00a0The US Consulates in Karachi and Lahore remain closed, and several visa appointments have been cancelled following the current security situation. According to the US Embassy, both immigrant and non-immigrant visa appointments scheduled from today until March 13 have been cancelled. The embassy stated that affected applicants will receive instructions regarding new appointments via&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-karachi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11263,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11261\/revisions\/11263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}