July 3, 2021
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: Pakistan on Friday categorically rejected the ‘unsubstantiated and baseless’ inclusion of Pakistan in the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) List published in US State Department’s Annual Trafficking in Persons Report 2021.
The Foreign Office spokesperson, in a statement, said that Pakistan did not support any non-state armed group; nor any entity recruiting or using child soldiers. Pakistan’s efforts in fighting non-state armed groups including terrorist entities are well recognised, he added.
“The inclusion of Pakistan in the CSPA List depicts a factual error and lack of understanding. No state institution was consulted by the US prior to the publication of the report, nor were any details provided on the basis on which the conclusion was reached,” the spokesperson added.
Daily Times
July 3, 2021
Pakistan on Friday categorically rejected its inclusion on the US blacklist of countries implicated in recruiting child soldiers over the last year
The Foreign Office in a statement said that Pakistan does not support any non-state armed group nor any entity recruiting or using child soldiers and that the country’s in fighting non-state armed groups including terrorist entities are well recognised. The inclusion of Pakistan in the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) list represents either a factual error or misunderstanding. No state institution was consulted by the US prior to the publication of the report. Nor were any details provided, it added.
By Wajid Ali Syed
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: Pakistan on Friday categorically rejected the ‘unsubstantiated and baseless’ inclusion of Pakistan in the Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) List published in US State Department’s Annual Trafficking in Persons Report 2021.
The Foreign Office spokesperson, in a statement, said that Pakistan did not support any non-state armed group; nor any entity recruiting or using child soldiers.
Pakistan’s efforts in fighting non-state armed groups including terrorist entities are well recognised, he added.
“The inclusion of Pakistan in the CSPA List depicts a factual error and lack of understanding. No state institution was consulted by the US prior to the publication of the report, nor were any details provided on the basis on which the conclusion was reached,” the spokesperson added.
Pakistan Rejects ‘Baseless’ Inclusion to U.S. Child Soldier Recruitment List
In statement, Foreign Office calls upon American authorities to review assertions of TIP report
Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Friday categorically rejected the country’s “unsubstantiated and baseless” inclusion to the U.S.’ Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) list, urging Washington to review the “baseless” claims of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report.
“Pakistan does not support any non-state armed group; nor any entity recruiting or using child soldiers,” read the statement issued by spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri. “Pakistan’s efforts in fighting non-state armed groups including terrorist entities are well recognized. The inclusion of Pakistan in the ‘CSPA List’ depicts a factual error and lack of understanding,” it said, adding that no Pakistani institutions had been consulted prior to the publication of the report, nor were “any details provided of the basis
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