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US lawmakers seek ‘suspension’ of assistance to Pakistan

by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, November 19th, 2023WASHINGTON: Eleven members of the US Congress, in a letter to US Secr­e­tary of State Anthony Blinken, have urged the Biden administration to withhold future US assistance to Pakistan, until the country restores constitutional order and holds free and fair elections. The lawmakers requested a legal determination from the Department of State under the Leahy Laws and Section 502(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act to assess if US-origin…