USCIRF asks Biden to impose sanctions on Pak over persecution of minorities
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New Delhi, April 22 : The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has asked the Biden administration to impose targeted sanctions on Pakistani government agencies and officials responsible for severe violations of religious freedom.
In its annual report released on Wednesday, the Washington-based commission redesignated Pakistan as a country of particular concern (CPC), for engaging in systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom of minorities.
The USCIRF has recommended to the US government to freeze certain Pakistani individuals assets and/or barring their entry into the US under human rights-related financial and visa authorities, citing specific religious freedom violations.