ISLAMABAD – The United States has not imposed any additional sanctionsagainst Pakistan in the national interest, it has been revealed.
US clarified on Wednesday that although Pakistan remains on the Countriesof Particular Concern (CPC) list, there will be no additional sanctionsother than those already placed on Pakistan owing to “national interest”.
“Saudi Arabia was – is in the waived category, along with Pakistan, on anational interest area,” said US Ambassador at Large for InternationalReligious Freedom Samuel Brownback.
He added that former secretary of state Rex Tillerson had placed Pakistanon a special watch list to warn them of their likelihood of being placed onthe list of CPC. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo then made thatdetermination and identified Pakistan as CPC in the hopes that the newleadership would work to improve the situation.
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Pompeo issued Pakistan a waiver from CPC sanctions as required by the“important national interest of the United States” said a spokesperson fromthe US Embassy in Islamabad.
Earlier, Islamabad angrily rejected as “unilateral and politicallymotivated” a Trump administration move to designate Pakistan among thecountries that violate religious freedoms.
