Source:US government commission via Wasim Ahmad.
Washington: Expressing concern over the deteriorating religious freedom in Pakistan, including attacks on minorities like Hindus and Christians, an independent, bipartisan US government commission has told lawmakers that Pakistan represents the worst situation in the world for religious freedom.
In her testimony before the Committee on House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), Lantos Swett said the previous and current governments in Pakistan failed both to provide adequate protection to the victims and to arrest the perpetrators.
“From July 2013 to June 2014, USCIRF recorded 122 incidents of sectarian violence which resulted in more than 1,200 casualties, including 430 deaths. The previous and current governments failed to provide adequate protection or to arrest perpetrators,” she said
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