Religious parties reject US Commission report
National
December 12, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The leaders of all religious organisations have rejected the US State Department’s report on religious freedom in Pakistan, stating that the US Commission for Religious Freedom had drafted an arbitrary report with biased and baseless information.
Addressing a joint press conference, the leaders of different religious parties along with Pakistan Ulema Council, Special Representative to Prime Minister on Religious Harmony, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, said the US State Department, contrary to the ground realities, had listed Pakistan in the list of countries violating religious freedom. “We want to invite the US Commission for Religious Freedom to visit Pakistan and make decisions on ground realities.”
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Religious parties reject US Commission’s report on religious freedom
National
December 12, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The leaders of all religious organisations have rejected the US State Department’s report on religious freedom in Pakistan, stating that the US Commission for Religious Freedom had drafted an arbitrary report with biased and baseless information.
Addressing a joint press conference on Friday, the leaders of different religious parties along with the Chairman Pakistan Ulema Council, Special Representative to Prime Minister on Religious Harmony, Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, said the US State Department, contrary to the ground realities, had listed Pakistan in the list of countries violating religious freedom. “We want to invite the US Commission for Religious Freedom to visit Pakistan and make decisions on ground realities.”
Religious leaders reject US list on religious freedom
Ulema Council Chairman Tahir Ashrafi says minorities in Pakistan safer than in US
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan Ulema Council Chairman and Special Representative of Prime Minister on Religious Harmony Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi on Friday rejected the US designation of Pakistan as a country of concern regarding religious freedom.
Talking to media persons, Ashrafi said the report prepared by United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (UCIRF) was based on “bigotry, bias, lack of knowledge and for the propaganda purposes which had no link to the reality.
Earlier this week, Pakistan and China were among several countries designated by the US State Department as countries of “particular concerns” regarding religious freedom on the recommendation of the UCIRF. However, the State Department rejected the proposal to place India in the list as well.