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A group of 11 influential US lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to withhold future assistance to Pakistan until Islamabad restores constitutional order and holds free and fair elections, it emerged on Sunday...
In a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, the lawmakers, which included Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who is one of the champions of Muslim causes in the US Congress, requested the state department to assess if US-origin security assistance had facilitated human rights violations in Pakistan..
We further request that future security assistance be withheld until Pakistan has moved decisively toward the restoration of Constitutional order, including by holding free and fair elections in which all parties are able to participate freely, they wrote...
Seek restoration of constitutional order and rollback of blasphemy law changes in Pakistan, the Congress members said, We are extremely concerned about the passing of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2023 which will strengthen the existing blasphemy law, which has historically been used to persecute religious minorities...
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US lawmakers ask Biden Administration to withhold assistance to Pakistan
19, Nov, 23Eleven members of the US Congress write letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Eleven members of the US Congress, in a letter to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, have urged the Biden Administration to withhold future US assistance to Pakistan, until the country restores constitutional order and holds free and fair elections, local media reported