[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]US legislators express worry about Pakistan’s human rights situation as the government there continues its campaign against the vandals responsible for the chaos on May 9.
Senator Bob Menendez, chair of the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee, one of the nation’s most powerful lawmakers, is also among those who have expressed concern about the nation’s detention and prosecution of the May 9 assailants as it struggles with a serious political crisis.
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Concerns have been raised by the senator over the treatment of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) members, leaders, and sympathizers following their detention in the wake of the vandalism on May 9. Senator Menendez stated that the US doesn’t want unrest at a meeting with Pakistani-American physician Asif Mahmood, who was also a Democratic candidate for Congress.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]