Pakistani government has imposed restrictions on the movement of US diplomats and other embassy officials in the country, media reports said on Friday.
All US diplomats will now require to get special no objection certificate for travelling to other cities, Geo television reported.
Pakistani authorities have imposed travel curbs on US diplomats few days ago. The same curbs would also apply on other diplomats, Geo reported quoted an unspecified sources as saying.
The US has also slapped similar curbs on Pakistani diplomats and embassy staffers in the US, the report said.
There was no official word and reaction from the US embassy.
The reports came days after Pakistan has repeatedly denied US Embassy employees entry into Peshawar city in the country's volatile northwest region, police said.
Two groups of US diplomats were sent back from areas in the outskirts of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa province, this month, according to local media.
All foreigners are required to have special permission to enter the northwest and southwestern Balochistan province, officials say.
The reports came at a time when relations between the US and Pakistan have deteriorated after the this month blockade of USD 800 military aid. The decision was aimed at mounting pressure on Islamabad to take more steps against the Taliban and al-Qaida militants.
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