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to place it on its annual list of nations that infringe on religious freedom, calling the move "unilateral and politically
motivated"."Pakistan rejects the US State Department's unilateral and politically motivated pronouncement released in the context of its
annual religious freedom report," the Foreign Office said in a statement.Yesterday, the Trump administration designated Pakistan, China,
Saudi Arabia and seven others as countries of particular concern for having engaged in or tolerated "systematic, ongoing and egregious
violations of religious freedom.""Besides the clear biases reflected from these designations, there are serious questions on the credentials
and impartiality of the self-proclaimed jury involved in this unwarranted exercise," Pakistan's statement added.It further claimed that
Pakistan was a multi-religious and pluralistic society where people of diverse faiths and denominations live together, including around 4
per cent of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and Sikhs.The statement added that Pakistan's constitution ensures equal treatment of minorities
without discrimination.It also called for an honest self-introspection to know the causes of exponential rise in Islamophobia and
