But if they do, they will face charges of “Islamophobia” from their own base.
“US holds up approval for Pakistan’s ambassador designate Masood Khan,” by Rezaul H Laskar, Hindustan Times, January 31, 2022:
NEW DELHI: The US has held up approval for the appointment of Masood Khan as the new Pakistani ambassador to Washington, apparently due to concerns related to his stint as president of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Pakistan named Khan, 70, as its pick for the post in Washington last November but diplomatic circles in Islamabad have been abuzz with reports that the US side had held up his agreement or approval.
People familiar with the matter confirmed on Monday that the US side is yet to sign off on the approval. They said the matter was apparently linked to Khan’s stint as president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, the name used by Pakistan for PoK, during 2016-21.
Coinciding with this development, Scott Perry, a Republican member of the US Congress, has written a letter to President Joe Biden, demanding that the US administration should “reject any democratic credentials” presented by Khan in view of his background as a “bona fide terrorist sympathizer working to undermine” American interests in the region and the “security of our Indian allies”.
In a January 27 letter, Perry wrote that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s nomination of Khan “can only be described as a breathtaking lack of judgement at best, and a demonstration of Islamabad’s unmitigated contempt for the United States at worst”.
Perry contended that Khan has “praised both terrorists and foreign terrorist organizations – including Hizbul Mujahideen – in stark and unsettling terms” and “encouraged young men to emulate jihadists like Burhan Wani, a former commander of Hizbul Mujahideen who dedicated his life to a holy war against India”.
He further wrote that Khan “lashed out” at the US in 2017 for designating the leader of Hizbul Mujahideen for sanctions, and willingly appeared alongside Harkat-ul-Mujahideen founder Fazlur Rehman Khalil, a specially designated global terrorist, in 2019. Perry referred to the US treasury department’s assertion that Khalil had a close relationship with al-Qaeda and its slain founder, Osama bin Laden.
Perry also accused Khan of supporting the “Helping Hand for Relief and Development”, a group that has a partnership with the Lashkar-e-Taiba, which was responsible for killing 166 people during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
“A litany of examples accompanies Mr Khan’s perverse attachment to Islamic terrorism, which makes it exceedingly obvious that Pakistan has embraced its identity as a super terrorist state,” Perry wrote.
“While I am encouraged that the State Department has reportedly put a pause on approving Masood Khan as the new Ambassador from Pakistan, a pause is not enough. I urge you to reject any diplomatic credentials presented to you by Masood Khan and reject any effort by the Government of Pakistan to install this jihadist as Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States,” he added….
mortimer says
Masood Khan as a jihad sympathizer and participant might offer help getting weapons and jihadists into the US if he became an ambassador.
Any friend of the Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group is no friend of India or the US.
Infidel says
Honestly, the US should terminate all diplomatic and other relations w/ Pakistan. Not b’cos of anything the latter did to India, but b’cos of their history of supporting jihad terror – starting w/ 9/11 to the fact that Osama was captured in Pakistan to Pakistan’s alliance w/ Iran and China. Pakistan is a US enemy independent of what India thinks or says about them
gravenimage says
+1
somehistory says
If this country was similar to my household, none of these creeps would pass the threshold.
A nation’s government should be aware of what an enemy allowed inside the home can mean to the household and the people residing inside.
biden and crew seem to be friendly with every enemy that can be located…
They don’t even need gift horses in order to get inside the fort. Mr. Perry is likely to be ignored.
gravenimage says
Congressman asks Biden’s handlers to reject ‘jihadist’ Pakistani ambassador to the U.S.
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Will Biden take any notice of Representative Scott Perry’s request? Likely not.
Masood Khan has links to the terror outfit Hizbul Mujahdeen, which has links to Al Qaeda and the Mumbai terror attacks. He has urged Muslims to wage violent Jihad in Kashmir. He also openly hates the United States.