WASHINGTON: Pakistani American diaspora, Pakistani American Coalition, (501(c)(4) Organization) is reported to have initiated a formal engagement with the Congressional Foreign Affairs Committee members, who oversee the subcommittee on Human Rights, to apprise them of, what they call, “recent brutal Human Rights violations by the Pakistani Government against its citizens.”
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According to a statement issued to media on Saturday, Rep. Christopher Smith. Rep. Susan Wild, Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, Rep. French Hill. Rep. Rich Mccormick Rep. John James and Rep. Amata Radewagen will be presented with the “Dossier on Violations of Human Rights”-a compilation of 210 pages of evidence.
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A group of over 1700 Pakistani American Physicians. over 1000 members of Pakistani American Chamber of Commerce members and Pakistani American Lawyers Associations from across the nation. in collaboration with Pak American Coalition firmly believe that a stable, peaceful, secure and a Democratic Pakistan is in the best interest of the United States of America.
Members of the Congress will be requested to take immediate notice of the deteriorating situation in Pakistan and intervene by any means necessary to help restore rule of law, stop political victimization, END Human Rights violations and ensure Democracy.
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The statement says “this will be a step in the right direction, a confidence building measure between the two nations, when we as Pakistani Americans continue to build bridges between the two countries.”
