ISLAMABAD: US diplomats in Pakistan would be facing restrictions fromFriday under which they won’t be able to roam around without seekingpermission from the authorities concerned.

The US restrictions on the Pakistani diplomats will come into effect today.Under the Trump administration’s decision, the officials of the PakistanEmbassy and four consulates are required to get permission from the StateDepartment five days before going beyond the set limits.

Meanwhile, embarrassed and humiliated beyond words that top militantleaders are residing inside Afghanistan and using it as a base to attackPakistan in full view of Nato and US troops, the Trump administration hasturned down Islamabad’s request to put the name of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar leaderUmer Khalid Khurasani aka Abdul Wali on the UNSC sanctions committee’s list.

The government was reluctant to name the US which stalled this move butrather just pointed to “a member” of the committee while accusing it of“double standards”.

Left with nothing more than “disappointed”, the Foreign Office spokesmanremarked, “We are deeply disappointed over the failure of the SanctionsCommittee to list Wali who is a known terrorist and has the blood ofhundreds of innocent Pakistanis on his hands”.

He argued that if Jamaat-ul-Ahrar had been listed by the SanctionsCommittee, then its leader should also have been listed.

“This action demonstrates the double standards prevailing in theinternational fight against terrorism and also show complete disregard ofthe sacrifices rendered by Pakistan in this fight,” he added without sayingclearly that the Trump administration was demonstrating double standards.