US ‘concerned’ as Pakistan activist says father detained

WASHINGTON AFP Oct25, 2019-Washington said it was “concerned” late Thursday by reports that the father of a Pakistani activist who fled the country has himself been detained, the latest incident to fuel fears of a clampdown on dissent.   

Alice Wells, the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, tweeted her concern over “reports of the continued harassment of Gulalai Ismail’s family, and her father’s detention today”.   

She said the US called on Pakistan to “uphold citizens’ rights to peaceful assembly, expression, and due process”.