IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 506 Welcoming the inaugural visit to the United States of the 22d Prime Minister of Pakistan and continuing support and commitment to the long and enduring friendship between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 22, 2019 Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. BANKS, and Mr. SUOZZI) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs RESOLUTION Welcoming the inaugural visit to the United States of the 22d Prime Minister of Pakistan and continuing support and commitment to the long and enduring friendship between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Whereas Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan made an official visit to the White House and the United States Capitol in July 2019; Whereas Prime Minister Imran Khan was born into a Pashtun family in Lahore, Pakistan, and was educated in Pakistan and the United Kingdom, including the Royal Grammar School in Worcester, Aitchison College in La- hore, and Oxford University; VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR506.IH HR506 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 506 IH Whereas Prime Minister Imran Khan’s athletic prowess matches that of his political prowess and has earned him a reputation as one of the greatest bowlers and cricket players of all time leading Pakistan’s national team to a Cricket World Cup victory in 1992; Whereas following his athletic career, Prime Minister Imran Khan remained in the public eye as a philanthropist and the primary fund raiser for the Shaukat Khanum Memo- rial Cancer Hospital, a specialized cancer hospital in La- hore, which opened in 1994 and was named for his moth- er who lost her battle to cancer in 1985; Whereas the people of Pakistan have consistently aspired to democracy and rule of law; Whereas as an outspoken critic of government corruption, Prime Minister Imran Khan founded his own political party Tehreek-e-Insaf (Justice Movement), in 1996 to combat economic inequality and usher in populism in Pakistan; Whereas, in July 2018, Prime Minister Imran Khan ran on a platform of fighting corruption and poverty and won with a plurality of seats in the National Assembly, allow- ing him to seek a coalition with independent members of the Parliament; Whereas under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistani foreign relations improved significantly, bring- ing the Taliban to negotiations with the United States and Afghanistan; Whereas Pakistan’s security forces have successfully elimi- nated militants in the border areas at a huge material and human cost; VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR506.IH HR506 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 506 IH Whereas Prime Minister Imran Khan has introduced legal measures to mainstream tribal areas into the adjoining province to exercise the writ of the government; Whereas the situation in Pakistan has improved and foreign investments are returning to Pakistan with the con- fidence that there is full security and access to speedy justice, transparency, and accountability; Whereas there exists tremendous opportunities to enhance people-to-people exchanges between Pakistan and the United States through energy, trade, education, and de- velopment, particularly with emphasis to the role of women in the economy; Whereas Pakistan and the United States have a shared inter- est and are cooperating in efforts to establish lasting peace in Afghanistan; Whereas, over the last two decades, the United States has ex- tended support and assistance to Pakistan to meet its se- curity and economic challenges; Whereas Prime Minister Imran Khan has overseen broad re- form of the Pakistani government and has implemented initiatives that work to improve the lives of all Pakistani citizens; Whereas bilateral relations between the United States and Pakistan have greatly benefited from the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan; and Whereas Imran Khan, the 22d Prime Minister of Pakistan represents a new, bold, incorruptible leadership that Pakistan has long sought for many years prior to his as- cension: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR506.IH HR506 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HRES 506 IH (1) welcomes the inaugural visit to the United 1 States of the 22d Prime Minister of the Islamic Re- 2 public of Pakistan, Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi; 3 (2) expresses continuing support and commit- 4 ment to the long and enduring friendship between 5 the United States and the Islamic Republic of Paki- 6 stan; 7 (3) recognizes the sacrifice of and expresses sol- 8 idarity with the people of Pakistan in their struggle 9 against terrorism as the recent chapter in a resilient 10 and result-oriented partnership; 11 (4) supports strengthening of the democratic 12 process in Pakistan that affords opportunity to re- 13 fresh a relationship that had frayed under the 14 weight of international conflict; 15 (5) reaffirms friendship and strategic partner- 16 ship with a democratic Pakistan that must be 17 strengthened through institutionalizing engagement 18 in different avenues of bilateral cooperation; 19 (6) encourages and supports ongoing coopera- 20 tion between the United States and Pakistan in a 21 range of areas, including security, economic develop- 22 ment, strengthening of democratic institutions, en- 23 ergy, education, trade, and women empowerment; 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR506.IH HR506 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HRES 506 IH (7) acknowledges Pakistan’s constructive role in 1 facilitating peace within Afghanistan and across the 2 region; 3 (8) recognizes the significant role of the Paki- 4 stani-American diaspora in building bridges of 5 friendship between Pakistan and the United States; 6 and 7 (9) encourages people-to-people contact, par- 8 ticularly in the economic domain, as the way forward 9 in rebuilding the bilateral relationship into an endur- 10 ing partnership. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:08 Jul 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR506.IH HR506 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS