The Muslim-majority nation has joined Myanmar, China, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan on the US list
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday added mainly Muslim Pakistan to the US list of “countries of particular concern”, which have violated religious freedoms or tolerated abuses against religious groups.
Pakistan’s addition to the list comes despite efforts to end what in recent years has been its most controversial case involving a member of a minority religion.
The Supreme Court in October acquitted a Christian woman held on death row for more than eight years on a charge of blasphemy that she denied. The acquittal sparked days of violent protests by hardline Muslims.
