Skopje, Dec 05: A Pakistani faction of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network could be responsible for a "terrorist attack" on the Macedonian consulate in Karachi, the Macedonian foreign ministry here said today. A ministry statement condemned the bombing and murder of three Pakistanis in an overnight attack in the Karachi consulate in southern Pakistan and demanded stepped up security for its consul, Bilal Qureshi. "The terrorist act was performed very professionally," the ministry said, adding that unconfirmed information indicated a "Pakistani faction of al-Qaeda could be behind the attack". Bureau Report