Forty-two members of the United States Congress, led by Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and Congressman Greg Casar, have written to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding immediate sanctions against senior Pakistani officials for what they termed an “escalating campaign of transnational repression and worsening human rights crisis in Pakistan” under the military-backed government of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir.

In a bipartisan letter, made public on Wednesday, the lawmakers call for targeted measures, including visa bans and asset freezes on officials responsible for threatening US citizens and residents who criticise Pakistan’s military establishment, as well as their family members back home.

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