Correction For The Record: Land Acquisition

December 21, 2009

Islamabad - A national daily newspaper published an article today claiming that the U.S. Embassy has acquired land in the Prime Minister's Staff Colony, resulting in the issuance of eviction notices to eight Prime Minister's Secretariat staffers and their families.

This story is entirely fictional. The U.S. Embassy has not obtained any land in the Prime Minister's Staff Colony, and has not sought the eviction of residents from their homes.

For further questions on this matter, the U.S. Embassy respectfully refers journalists to the Prime Minister's Secretariat.