"The glaring omission of India, where the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders openly disregard religious freedom and discriminate against minority communities in an institutional manner, is unfortunate and puts the credibility of the US report into question", Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said during a press briefing on Thursday.
"Pakistan condemns the restrictions imposed on offering Friday prayers, vandalisation of mosques, attacks on Muslims offering prayers, sacrilege of Muslim places of worship, and detention of activists under the draconian laws for raising voices against human rights violations", Ahmad said.
"There is little space for minorities and their way of life in today's India", Islamabad said, reacting to complaints by Muslims in the Indian state of Tripura that their homes had been targeted and mosques vandalised in retaliatory attacks against the community for violence against Hindus in Bangladesh.