{"id":333862,"date":"2023-05-28T08:42:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T03:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=333862"},"modified":"2023-05-28T08:42:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T03:42:55","slug":"us-lawmaker-calls-for-democratic-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/us-lawmaker-calls-for-democratic-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"US lawmaker calls for \u2018democratic Pakistan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018I am extremely concerned about the reports that are coming out of Pakistan of human rights abuses\u2019<br \/>\nLAHORE<br \/>\nUS Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, the founder and chair of the US House\u2019s Congressional Pakistan Caucus, has said that she is \u201cextremely concerned\u201d about the reports human rights \u201cabuses\u201d in Pakistan and the lack of protection peaceful protesters.<br \/>\nIn a tweet, she announced that she would write to US President Joe Biden and Secretary of 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