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US religious rights panel wants Vietnam, Pakistan blacklisted

May 3rd, 2008 Aimon · 2 Comments

Source: AFP
by P. Parameswaran
 US religious freedom watchdog asked the State Department to include Vietnam, Pakistan and Turkmenistan in its global blacklist of religious freedom violators, and maintained Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, on a watchlist.
In its recommendation to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom also wanted Myanmar, […]

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US still playing ‘Dumb’ on the issue of Judiciary in Pakistan

March 13th, 2008 Sana · No Comments

Source: Teeth Maestro
In a press briefing given by the US State Department on 10th March a few questions were raised on Pakistan and its ongoing judicial & political crisis. It seems that the US Government is still not willing to come clean and talk about the restoration or independence of judiciary, despite one reporters direct […]

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Pakistan election puts US in dilemma

February 16th, 2008 Sana · No Comments

Source: AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States hopes Pakistan’s upcoming election will be free and fair and bring an end to domestic violence so that Islamabad can focus on the “war on terror.” But it may not get what it wants.
In addition, experts warn, any post-election violence that results in a confrontation between President Pervez […]

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