The Expose Pakistan Campaign Committee has said the US and allies should impose sanctions on Islamabad for occupation, terrorism, and genocide.

The participants of the auto-caravan in Washington reiterate that Pakistan’s support for banned terrorist organizations to occupy Afghanistan and Indian Kashmir, and cultural and racial genocide in occupied Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Sindh, and Pashtunistan, and support to the communist-China to expand CPEC for economic marginalization of indigenous communities and apartheid warrants trade sanctions, placement on FATF’s Black List and expulsion from UN Human Rights Council.

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It said the growing nexus between China-Pakistan-Iran will promote colonialism in Afghanistan with irreparable consequences for women and children. Pakistan military’s interference in Afghanistan is a concern for US national security interests that needs immediate redress.

On August 14, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement-USA, Balochistan National Movement, Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement, Human Rights Congress for Bangladeshi Minorities, and Kashmir/Gilgit-Baltistan Institute co-organized an auto-caravan in front of Pakistan’s Embassy in Washington D.C., followed by a series of protests, to mark Pakistan’s Independence Day as Black Day.

While respecting social distancing, about 100 participants with banners, flags, and placards joined the moving protest and circled the 30 block radius to seek US support to sanction Pakistan’s government and military for using terrorism as a foreign policy tool and instrument of statecraft.

Participants accused the Pakistani military of colonial treatment of indigenous communities in Sindh, Balochistan, Pashtunistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan and unabated state-led genocide of religious communities like Christians, Hindus, Ahmadis, and Shias.

The protesters warned that besides the blood of thousands of US army men who fought Pakistan-sponsored terrorists in Afghanistan. Taliban-Pakistan-China-Iran-Turkey axis will continue to be a danger for the democratic world for years to come. They reminded the world community that Osama bin Laden was sheltered by Pakistan which has the blood of 9/11 victims on its hands

Participants in the series of events, that spanned the entire day across different parts of Washington D.C. shared their indignation about the way Pakistan is openly funding the Taliban which is on the list of UN-banned terrorist groups.

This is a violation of the UN Charter and the international community should place a ban on sales of weapons and military hardware to Islamabad and impress upon FATF to move Pakistan to the black list.

The Committee works to sensitize Americans about rights violations and the growth of terrorism in Pakistan.