Terming as “reprehensible” the reports of food being denied to Hindu and Christian communities in Pakistan amid the coronavirus crisis, a US government organisation has urged Islamabad to ensure that food aid from distributing organisations is shared equally with all religious minorities in the country.

“As COVID-19 continues to spread, vulnerable communities within Pakistan are fighting hunger and to keep their families safe and healthy, food aid must not be denied because of one”s faith,” the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner, Anurima Bhargava, said here on April 13.

The USCIRF said it is “troubled” by the reports of food being denied to Hindu and Christian communities in Pakistan amidst the coronavirus outbreak in the country.