Pak Criticizes Us”selected Evaluation’ Of Religious Freedom

Pak criticizes US”selected evaluation’ of religious freedom

By Hamza Ameer Islamabad : , Pakistan rejects the US State Department’s recently published report in which Pakistan was designated a Country Of Particular Concern (CPC), for not stopping violations of religious freedom.It called it an “arbitrary assessment” that was totally inconsistent with the ground realities.

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The US State Department re-designated Pakistan into its CPC list due to Pakistan’s failures in religious freedom, and the increased attacks by religious extremists on religious communities, shrines and sects.

In December 2018, the US’s previous administration, Donald Trump, had placed Pakistan first on this list and kept it until 2020.

With two modifications, the current Joe Biden administration retained the original list.They added Russia to the list and removed Sudan from CPC.

This raises grave doubts regarding the validity of this exercise.These objective labels do not promote religious freedom around the world.

A spokesperson for the Pakistan Foreign Office stated that the US and Pakistan have engaged constructively on this subject at bilateral levels.This is something the US regrets.”

Pakistan dismissed the accusations, stating that religious freedom and the protection of the rights of minorities were guaranteed and protected by its constitution.

Pakistani society is pluralist and multireligious with rich traditions of interfaith harmony.

The Constitution guarantees religious freedom as well as the protection of minorities’ rights.This is done through various legislative, policy, and administrative means,” stated the spokesperson.

Pakistan claimed that it was shocked to learn of India’s exclusion from the CPC list, even though it was sad to see it in there.

The spokesperson stated that the glaring omission by India where RSS-BJP and its leaders offendly ignore religious freedom and discriminate towards minority communities institutionalised in an institutionalised fashion is regrettable and raises doubts about the US report’s credibility.

It is well-documented that the state was complicit in organized violence against India’s Muslim minorities.He said that it is not secret that Indian Muslims are regularly targeted by mob lynchings or cow vigilantes.

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