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PAKPAC allies @RepHuizenga and @RepKamlagerDove introduced the Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act (HR5271), a followup to H.Res.901 The bill sanctions those harming Pakistani democracy with a US travel ban and asset freezes Tell your rep to sign: bit.ly/pakpac1

Congressman Everton Blair (D-Georgia | @USHouseFSC) has joined as co-sponsor of H.R.5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. Thank you, @RepEvertonBlair for co-sponsoring the bipartisan Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act (H.R. 5271). Thank you for standing up for democracy and human rights in US Foreign Policy towards Pakistan. We appreciate you standing with your constituents and the Georgia Pakistani American community. Thank you to the PAKPAC Georgia Chapter for their advocacy in making this possible. Every voice matters. Thanks to the advocacy of Pakistani Americans nationwide, there are 118 bipartisan co-sponsors of H.R.5271. The American people stand with the people of Pakistan in the pursuit of freedom, civil liberties, and the rule of law. Congress has a historic opportunity to strengthen the relationship with the people of Pakistan by supporting human rights and democracy. The time for Congress to seize the moment is now. #FreePoliticalPrisoners #FreeKhanFreePakistan @HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign @RepBrianMast @RepGregoryMeeks @SpeakerJohnson @RepJeffries @RepHuizenga @RepKamlagerDove @HouseGOP @HouseDemocrats 📞𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Has your Congress Representative joined as co-sponsor? If not, Call Your Representative TODAY and Urge them to Co-Sponsor H.R.5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. Find Your Rep: house.gov/representatives/fi… Help our advocacy efforts by joining PAKPAC at pakpacusa.org

Congressman Robert Garcia (D-California | Ranking Member @OversightDems) has joined as co-sponsor of H.R.5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. Thank you, Ranking Member @RepRobertGarcia, for co-sponsoring the bipartisan Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act (H.R. 5271). We appreciate you for standing up for democratic values and human rights in US Foreign Policy towards Pakistan and listening to our advocacy. HR5271 now has 118 bipartisan co-sponsors. Congress has a historic opportunity to stand for American values and build a relationship with the people of Pakistan. #FreePoliticalPrisoners @HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign @RepBrianMast @RepGregoryMeeks @SpeakerJohnson @RepJeffries @RepHuizenga @RepKamlagerDove 📞𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Call Your Representative TODAY and Urge them to Co-Sponsor H.R.5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. Let Congress know we stand with the people of Pakistan in support of democracy and human rights as principle of American Foreign Policy. Find Your Rep: house.gov/representatives/fi… Help our advocacy efforts by joining PAKPAC at pakpacusa.org

Congressman Wesley Bell (D-Missouri | @HouseForeign | @HASCDemocrats | @OversightDems) has joined as co-sponsor of H.R.5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. Thank you, @RepWesleyBellMO, for co-sponsoring the bipartisan Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act (H.R. 5271). We appreciate you for standing up in support of democratic integrity and human rights in US Foreign Policy towards Pakistan. Special thanks to Eddie for listening to our advocacy for human rights and democracy and standing with the Missouri Pakistani American community. It is imperative that we stand firmly for international law in support of human rights and democracy by urging @GovtofPakistan to release all political prisoners unconditionally. As Americans, we must stand up for our values and democratic principles at home and abroad. 📞𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Call Your Representative TODAY and Urge them to Co-Sponsor H.R.5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. Let Congress know we stand with the people of Pakistan in support of democracy and human rights as principle of American Foreign Policy. #FreePoliticalPrisoners @HouseForeignGOP @RepBrianMast @RepGregoryMeeks @SpeakerJohnson @RepJeffries Find Your Rep: house.gov/representatives/fi… Help @PAKPAC advocacy efforts by joining PAKPAC at pakpacusa.org

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-Washington | @WaysMeansCmte | @TLHumanRights) has joined as co-sponsor of H.R.5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. Thank you, @RepDelBene, for supporting the bipartisan Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act (H.R. 5271). Thank you for standing up for a human rights centric US Foreign Policy towards Pakistan and supporting democratic integrity. Special thanks to Tobin for listening to our advocacy and standing with the Pakistani American community. 📞𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Call Your Representative TODAY and Urge them to Co-Sponsor H.R.5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. Let Congress know that we stand with the people of Pakistan in support of democracy and human rights as principle of American Foreign Policy. #FreePoliticalPrisoners @HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign @RepBrianMast @RepGregoryMeeks @SpeakerJohnson @RepJeffries Find Your Rep: house.gov/representatives/fi… Help our advocacy efforts by joining PAKPAC at pakpacusa.org

Congresswoman Jen Kiggans (R-Virginia | @HASCRepublicans) has joined as co-sponsor of H.R.5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. Thank you, @RepJenKiggans, for backing the bipartisan Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act (H.R. 5271). We appreciate your leadership in defending democracy and human rights. The people of Pakistan deserve free and fair elections and a government that answers to them. 📞𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Call Your Representative TODAY and Urge them to Co-Sponsor H.R.5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. Let Congress know we stand with the people of Pakistan in support of democracy and human rights as principle of American Foreign Policy. #FreePoliticalPrisoners @HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign @RepBrianMast @RepGregoryMeeks @SpeakerJohnson Find Your Rep: house.gov/representatives/fi… Help our advocacy efforts by joining PAKPAC at pakpacusa.org

𝗣𝗔𝗞𝗣𝗔𝗖 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗪 The 2026 U.S. Midterm Elections are over. The voters have spoken. Now is the time for leaders to unite, deliver, and serve the American people. Let hope overcome hate, unity overcome division, and peace prevail over conflict. @PAKPAC looks forward to working with the newly elected Congress and the Administration to advance priorities important to our community and all Americans: peace, affordability, freedom, human rights, and democracy. As Congress returns, we urge lawmakers to prioritize and pass HR 5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. We also call on Congress and the Administration to use every available diplomatic avenue to advocate for the immediate release of political prisoners in Pakistan and the restoration of democratic principles and the rule of law. Democracy cannot be selective. Human rights cannot be conditional. Freedom cannot be negotiable. PAKPAC remains committed to bipartisan engagement, advocacy, and accountability. The elections may be over, but our work for peace, democracy, and human dignity continues. #FreePoliticalPrisoners CC: @HouseDemocrats @HouseGOP @SenateDems @SenateGOP @HouseForeign @HouseForeignGOP @SenatorRisch @SFRCdems @SenatorShaheen @State_SCA @StateDRL @RepBrianMast @RepGregoryMeeks @RepHuizenga @RepKamlagerDove @POTUS @RealDonaldTrump @VP @JDVance @SecRubio @SusieWiles47 @SecRubio @DeputySecState @usembislamabad @State_SCA @GOPMajorityWhip @WhipKClark @FreedomCaucus @USProgressives @TLHumanRights @HouseIntel @HouseIntelDems @HouseJudiciary @JudiciaryGOP

PAKPAC Michigan Chapter and Muslim American leaders hosted Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet @RepKMR on her visit to the Islamic Center of Saginaw in Michigan today. Congresswoman McDonald Rivet met with the local Muslim American community as an effort to Get Out The Vote. She emphasized the importance of voting and discussed the campaign of Michigan Senate candidate @AbdulElSayed for US Senate. She said that every vote counts in this campaign and our voices matter in the ballot. She took the time to listen to concerns of the community as this engagement gave her an opportunity to know our community and support the community she represents. We thank Congresswoman McDonald Rivet in her efforts to engage constituents in her district. In the historic 2026 US Midterm elections, @PAKPAC urges you to get out the vote by urging your family, friends, and members of your community to vote in this election. Your vote represents our community and ensures that our voice is heard on the ballot box. Election Day is this Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026. We welcome all our elected officials and candidates to engage with our community and join our efforts. PAKPAC Chapters are continuing efforts to get out the vote across America. Join PAKPAC at pakpacusa.org

PAKPAC Maryland Chapter hosted Congressman Johnny Olszewski @RepJohnnyO (D-MD | @HouseForeign) at the residence of Salman Bhatti. The Maryland Pakistani American community discussed issues of importance including US Foreign Policy towards Pakistan regarding undermining of democracy and human rights abuses. Congressman Olszewski is a co-sponsor of H.R.5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. Other issues of importance were also discussed such as health, education, and the 2026 US Midterm elections. @PAKPAC chapters across the nation are active in getting out the vote in their communities. Help our advocacy efforts by joining PAKPAC at pakpacusa.org

𝗣𝗔𝗞𝗣𝗔𝗖 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝗮𝘀’𝘀 𝟯𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 @PAKPAC hosted a campaign rally for former Congressman @ColinAllredTX, who is seeking election to represent Texas’s 33rd Congressional District. During the gathering, Allred expressed strong support for addressing critical issues facing Pakistani-American and Muslim-American communities, including rising Islamophobia in the United States particularly Texas and the ongoing political and human rights crisis in Pakistan, where concerns persist over military dominance, democratic freedoms, and what many describe as de facto martial law. Allred acknowledged the important contributions of the Pakistani American community to American civic and political life. He also recognized the growing significance of community engagement and independent voters in closely contested elections. As a former member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee @HouseForeign, Allred has previously engaged with PAKPAC on initiatives supporting democracy and human rights in Pakistan, including H.Res. 901. He expressed his willingness to continue working with the community on these important issues if elected to the next Congress. The gathering provided an opportunity for meaningful dialogue on civil rights, religious freedom, democracy, and the importance of continued civic engagement. PAKPAC remains committed to ensuring that the concerns and voices of Pakistani Americans are heard in Washington, D.C.

PAKPAC is deeply troubled to learn about a plot targeting a Hindu Temple in Illinois where Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (@CongressmanRaja) and his family attend. We thank law enforcement personnel and all those who helped prevent this tragedy. Places of worship should be protected. No form of hatred is acceptable, we are all Americans. Freedom of worship is an American value. Hatred based on religion and national origin is against our American values. We must confront hatred and work to build a nation that is tolerant of our values, the foundations that America was founded on. We stand with our Hindu American community.

Today, @PakPAC Virginia and members of the Pakistani American community met with Congressman Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA | @OversightDems | @TLHumanRights) to thank him for supporting democracy and human rights in Pakistan and brief him on current developments, including the imposition of Governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (@GovernmentKP) province of Pakistan. Thank you, @RepSuhas, for standing up for American values of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law and championing them beyond our borders. @SuhasforVA

PAKPAC is deeply alarmed by the imposition of emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and reports of the abduction of elected provincial leaders including @KPChiefMinister. People from across Pakistan are mobilizing to march in defense of their fundamental rights and democratic freedoms. No emergency can silence the people or erase their mandate. PAKPAC calls for the immediate release of detained political leaders, respect for the elected @GovernmentKP, and protection of the people’s right to peaceful protest. Human rights must prevail. Let the people speak—and be heard. @GovtofPakistan @PresofPakistan #FreePoliticalPrisoners @POTUS @RealDonaldTrump @VP @JDVance @SecRubio @SusieWiles47 @WhiteHouse @StateDept @HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign @SenateForeign @SenatorRisch @SFRCdems @SenatorShaheen @State_SCA @StateDRL @SpeakerJohnson @RepJeffries @RepBrianMast @RepGregoryMeeks @RepHuizenga @RepKamlagerDove @RepGallagherCA1 @RepMcCaul @RepTimBurchett @RepDarrellIssa @Jim_Jordan @RepCarlos @RepPatFallon @RepWesleyBellMO @HouseIntel @RepRickCrawford @HouseIntelDems @USAmbUN @DeputySecState @USEmbIslamabad @UnderSecPD @TLHumanRights @RepBaumgartner @FreedomCaucus @RepAndyHarrisMD @JudiciaryGOP @statedeptspox @HASCRepublicans @RepRonnyJackson @Rep_Davidson

PAKPAC is deeply concerned by the escalating tensions surrounding the ongoing protests in Pakistan. Peaceful citizens exercising their fundamental right to assemble, express their views, and be heard must not be met with intimidation, excessive force, or violence. The @GovtofPakistan and security forces have a fundamental responsibility to protect the people they serve from all parts of the country and to safeguard the right to peaceful assembly. Political differences must be addressed through dialogue—not through fear, repression, or the suppression of citizens’ voices. PAKPAC calls on all authorities to exercise maximum restraint, protect civilians, respect fundamental human rights, and ensure that peaceful protesters can make their voices heard. A democracy cannot silence its people. The people of Pakistan have a constitutional right to speak—and they must be allowed to be heard. @POTUS @RealDonaldTrump @VP @JDVance @SecRubio @SusieWiles47 @StateDept @HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign @SenateForeign @SenatorRisch @SFRCdems @SenatorShaheen @State_SCA @StateDRL @RepBrianMast @RepGregoryMeeks @RepHuizenga @RepGallagherCA1 @RepMcCaul @RepTimBurchett @RepDarrellIssa @Jim_Jordan @RepCarlos @RepPatFallon @RepSheriBiggs @RepWesleyBellMO @RepMillsPress @HouseIntel @HouseIntelDems @USAmbUN @DeputySecState @USEmbIslamabad @UnderSecPD @TLHumanRights @Amnesty @AmnestyUSA @RepBaumgartner @FreedomCaucus @RepAndyHarrisMD @JudiciaryGOP @statedeptspox @HASCRepublicans @RepRonnyJackson @AntonioGuterres @UN

Thank you @CongressmanRaja for your support of the people of Pakistan's right to protest for their call of release of political prisoners at this defining moment in Pakistan. We appreciate you standing with the Illinois Pakistani American community. @HouseIntelDems @OversightDems @CmteOnCCPDems

Thank you @RepSuhas for supporting the right of people protesting and for the rule of law. Your support for democracy is appreciated at this defining moment for Pakistan's future. @OversightDems

Thank you @RepMarkPocan for standing in support of peaceful protesters in Pakistan. We appreciate your commitment to human rights and democratic values as a component of US Foreign Policy at this important time. #FreePoliticalPrisoners #FreeImranKhan @HouseForeign @AppropsDems @TLHumanRights

Thank you @RepMcCormick for supporting the right of peaceful protests in Pakistan and supporting democracy. We appreciate you standing with the Pakistani American community for a human rights centric Foreign Policy towards Pakistan. @HASCRepublicans

Congresswoman @JanSchakowsky (D-Illinois | @TLHumanRights) has joined as co-sponsor of H.R.5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. Thank you Congresswoman Schakowsky for standing up for these values at a critical time when the Pakistani people are exercising their right to freedom of speech and assembly. Thank you for your advocacy promoting and protecting human rights across the globe. We appreciate Rep. Schakowsky for being a friend to the Illinois Pakistani American community. Efforts to undermine human rights such as the right of peaceful protests and freedom of speech will not be tolerated. @GovtofPakistan must respect human rights, the right of peaceful assembly, and release all political prisoners held in arbitrary detention in accordance with Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The world is watching. #PakistaniAmericans, let your voice be heard by doing the following. 📞𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Call Your Representative TODAY and Urge them to Co-Sponsor H.R.5271, Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act. Let Congress know that those who are responsible for unprecedented human rights violations and undermining democracy in Pakistan must be held accountable. #FreePoliticalPrisoners @HouseForeignGOP @HouseForeign Find Your Rep: house.gov/representatives/fi… Help our advocacy efforts by joining PAKPAC at pakpacusa.org

Thank you, Congresswoman Ansari, @RepYassAnsari for supporting Pakistani people's right to protest peacefully, demanding the release of political prisoners, including Imran Khan, and supporting democracy at this urgent moment.