U.S. Beefing Up Security In Pakistan

The American ambassador offered a $2 million reward Thursday for helping bring the killers of two U.S. government employees to justice, as a team of FBI counterterrorism experts flew to Pakistan to help hunt down the assassins.

At the U.S. consulate, where the slain Americans had worked, officials ordered beefed-up security. Diplomats began traveling to and from their homes in convoys and were escorted by paramilitary Rangers and police, employees said. Non-essential personnel were told not to come to the consulate, to stay at home and to keep a low profile.

Meanwhile, Karachi’s violence continued, despite the police and paramilitary reinforcements deployed by Pakistani authorities in the wake of the murders of the Americans on Wednesday. In the ensuing 36 hours, 15 people were reported killed in this sprawling seaside city, including three people working in an auto parts shop.