September 26, 2016 12:07 PM

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US lawmaker accuses Pak of ruling through jihadist extremism

A top US lawmaker has accused Pakistan of using jihadist extremism to administer and is bent upon extinguishing other cultures in the country. <br/><br/>Congressman Brad Sherman has warned Islamabad that it might be headed for 1971 like partition soon, if it continues to do so.<br/><br/>In his address to the Sindhi Foundation in Washington, Brad Sherman, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Asia and the Pacific said that the successive Pakistani governments, in particular the current one, has systematically tried to attack the rich cultural heritage of Sindhi. <br/><br/>Sherman was felicitated by the Washington-based Sindhi<br/>Foundation for his efforts in protecting Sindhi language and people.<br/><br/>President of Karachi-based Sindh United Party, Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah, claimed that religious extremism prevails today<br/>in Pakistan because of its two-nation theory. He demand from the world community to support the secular, national and real democratic forces in Pakistan for their autonomous national identity in the federation of Pakistan. Shah said unnecessary involvement in the internal affairs of neighboring countries has created security problems in the region.

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