NEW DELHI: US Congressman
Scott Perry
has written a scathing letter to US President
Joe Biden over the proposed appointment of
Masood Khan as Pakistani envoy to the US. In the letter, Perry has called Khan a "terror sympathizer" who praised "terror organisations/terrorists like Hizbul Mujahideen and Burhan Wani".
Letter by Scott Perry
"While I'm encouraged that the State Department has reportedly placed a pause on approving Masood Khan as the new Ambassador from Pakistan, a pause is not enough. I urge you to reject any diplomatic credentials presented to you by Masood Khan ... and reject any effort by the Government of
Pakistan to install this jihadist as Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States,” the US Congressman wrote in the letter dated January 27, 2022.
Letter by Scott Perry
He added that Pakistan Prime Minister
Imran Khan's "nomination of a bona fide terrorist sympathiser working to undermine our interests in the region – as well as the security of our Indian allies – can only be described as a breathtaking lack of judgment at best, and a demonstration of Islamabad’s unmitigated contempt for the United States at worst.”