US Congressman urges Joe Biden to reject appointment of 'jihadist' as Pakistan ambassador to US

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".

"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.

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.”