New Delhi: Days after India rejected the US State Department report on worldwide non secular freedom, Pakistan on Thursday `categorically` rejected the report saying `baseless` assertions have been made in it, information company IANS quoted Pakistani media as reporting. The assertion got here in response to the US state division report highlighting the necessity to enhance “interfaith tolerance, inclusion, and harmony” within the nation. Based on a number of occasions in 2022, the US-based report famous that “several political leaders used inflammatory religious language to attack their political rivals.”
The spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch mentioned in a weekly briefing that Pakistan revered non secular freedom and guarded its residents. “We strongly dismiss the unfounded claims made about Pakistan in the International Religious Freedom Report issued by the US Department of State. Such uninformed reporting activities about internal matters of sovereign states are meaningless, reckless and unhelpful,” the spokesperson mentioned, IANS mentioned quoting Geo News.
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The spokesperson challenged the report and rejected its findings and mentioned that Pakistan wished to cooperate with the world to eradicate racial discrimination and Islamophobia, Geo News reported. “We are pleased with our non secular range and pluralistic social material. Pakistan`s Constitution supplies a powerful framework for complete authorized, coverage and optimistic measures to guard and promote the rights and freedoms of all Pakistanis no matter their religion.
“These rights and constitutional guarantees are protected, upheld and strengthened by an independent judiciary,” Baloch said.
“In our interactions, including with the United States, we have expressed serious concerns about the increasing rise in anti-Muslim hatred, racism and Islamophobia. We hope to work with international partners to counter these harmful forms of religious intolerance, discrimination and Islamophobia.”
‘Misinformation, Flawed’: India On US Report On Religious Freedom
India on Tuesday rejected the US State Department report on worldwide non secular freedom and mentioned it was primarily based on “misinformation and flawed understanding.” According to a press release launched by the Ministry of External Affairs, spokesperson Arindam Bagchi mentioned, “We are aware of the release of the US State Department 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom. Regrettably, such reports continue to be based on misinformation and flawed understanding.” He additional said that the report is motivated and biased commentary by some US officers which solely serves to undermine additional the credibility of those experiences. “We value our partnership with the US and will continue to have frank exchanges on issues of concern to us,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The remarks got here in response to the US State Department 2022 Report on International Religious Freedom the place it alleged excessive handedness in opposition to minorities particularly Muslims by varied state governments in India.
