Karachi, Jul 23 (PTI) Law enforcement personnel in Pakistan on Thursday sealed some areas and roads around foreign diplomatic missions in Karachi''s Clifton neighbourhood reportedly due to a terror threat. <\/p>\n
Residents of the area were surprised to see blockades in many areas of the posh residential neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
According to law enforcement sources, many areas in the Clifton neighbourhood particularly those around foreign diplomatic missions were closed down due to a terror threat.<\/p>\n
Police sources said a security high alert has been issued for the city''s ''Red Zone''.<\/p>\n
Some routes [have been] blocked as part of some extra security measures. Nothing to worry about,\" Deputy Inspector General South Javed Akbar Riaz said.<\/p>\n
The heightened security measures come a month after four militants attempted to storm the Karachi Stock Exchange building.<\/p>\n
All four terrorists were killed in the gun-and-grenade attack that also claimed the lives of four security personnel. <\/p>\n
In November 2018, a terror attack on the Chinese consulate in Clifton was foiled by security forces in which seven people, including three terrorists, were killed. <\/p>\n
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