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US Congress Panel to Hold Hearing on 'Political Repression in Pakistan'
PAKISTAN, JUL 14 – Pakistan’s new Federal Constabulary expands internal security roles amid fears of political repression after 2024 elections marked by alleged manipulation, opposition suppression, and human rights concerns.
- On July 15, 2025, the US Congress's Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission will conduct a hearing in Washington, D.C., to investigate the suppression of political dissent and media freedom in Pakistan.
- This hearing follows the ousting and imprisonment of former Prime Minister Imran Khan since August 2023, the February 2024 elections marked by restricted freedoms and electoral violence, and ongoing concerns about human rights abuses.
- Scheduled witnesses include Imran Khan’s advisor Zulfikar Bukhari, human rights lawyer Jared Genser, Amnesty International’s Ben Linden, and others addressing arbitrary detentions and declining press freedoms.
- Amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act in January 2025 made it easier to arrest and imprison journalists and dissidents, while Pakistan announced a new national paramilitary force with internal security and counter-terrorism duties.
- The hearing aims to assess the erosion of democracy, shrinking space for human rights advocacy, escalating crackdowns on expression, and challenges to media integrity in Pakistan.
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PTI leader Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari, a former aide to ex-premier Imran Khan, is set to offer testimony on “political repression” in Pakistan before the United States Congress’ Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, it emerged on Monday. According to its website, the bipartisan commission was established in 2008 and is charged with promoting, defending and advocating for international human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rig…
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