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11 March 2022
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US lawmakers table bill seeking sanctions on Pakistan

The proposed sanctions include restrictions on foreign assistance; a ban on defence exports and sales; certain controls over export of dual use items; and miscellaneous financial and other restrictions….reports Asian Lite News

A US lawmaker has called to designate Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism, while two others have sought a probe into Ambassador Masood Khans alleged links with Kashmiri and Pakistani groups, Dawn reported.

The initiator of the move is Scott Perry, a Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania.

The bill moved by him seeks to “provide for the designation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism, and for other purposes”.

The bill has now been referred to the US House committee on foreign affairs.

The proposed sanctions include restrictions on foreign assistance; a ban on defence exports and sales; certain controls over export of dual use items; and miscellaneous financial and other restrictions.

Others call for penalising persons and countries engaging in trade with a state declared a sponsor of terrorism.

Only four countries have been designated sponsors of terrorism so far: Cuba, North Korea, Iran, and Syria.

On March 9, three lawmakers, namely Scott Perry, Gregory Steube and Mary E. Miller, sent a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, claiming that Ambassador Khan’s close relationship “with domestic actors linked with the Pakistani regime remains a critical concern”.

Khan, Pakistan’s new ambassador to the US, is a senior diplomat who once served in New York as Islamabad’s permanent representative to the US.

He was also the President of Pakistan occupied Kashmir till August last year, Dawn reported.

The three US lawmakers have called for an investigation into allegations that Khan, who has already been confirmed as Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US, has links with Muslim groups and organisations in the US.

Last month, another US lawmaker tried to block Khan’s posting, but President Joe Bien’s administration rejected his protest and confirmed the appointment.

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