Pakistan rejects US report on religious freedom

Pakistan on Tuesday denounced the US for placing it on a list of countries violating religious freedoms, calling the move "unilateral and arbitrary".

The US has re-designated Pakistan and China among seven other countries that are of particular concern for violation of religious freedom, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.

Pakistan and China along with Myanmar, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan were placed in the list for having engaged in or tolerated systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom."