A United States lawmaker has called to designate Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism. Scott Perry, who is a Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania, has sponsored a bill titled 'Stopping Pakistani Terror Act' that seeks to designate Pakistan as a "state sponsor of terrorism, and other purposes".
It has been understood that the bill has now been referred to the US House committee on foreign affairs and the proposed sanctions include several restrictions.
Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Thursday (March 9) apologised over a police raid at the North Korean embassy in the country's capital city of Islamabad.
Reports have mentioned that the police conducted a raid at the North Korean embassy earlier this week over inputs about the presence of a large amount of liquor in its premises.
The action prompted the diplomatic mission to lodge a strong protest as it called it a violation of the Vienna Convention.