An energetic rebuttal regarding the treatment of minorities from the foreign office is a composite ignorance of Pakistan’s social realities
Source/Credit: Daily Time
By Kaleem Dean | January 9, 2018
On the recommendation of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (UNCIRF), the US State Department unveiled a new list of 10 countries of CPCs (Countries of Particular Concern). The Commission on International Religious Freedom was created in 1998 to study the affairs of religious freedom around the world.
In the list were included Myanmar, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. In addition to this, Pakistan has been placed in a ‘special watch list’ — a newly created category slightly below than the category of CPC. Since 2002, the US Commission on Religious Freedom has designated Pakistan as a country of particular concern but it was never added to the final list of CPCs.
Reacting to the decision, Chairman of the Commission on Religious Freedom Daniel Mark called it a “surprise and disappointment”, Pakistan should have been included on the list of CPCs. He also stated, “The designation of these countries is a key step in ensuring continued US engagement in support of international religious freedom. Although USCIRF agrees with the 10 countries on the State Department’s list, it does not go far enough”
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