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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 Lahore, and Oxford University; 


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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 Memorial Cancer Hospital, a specialized cancer hospital in Lahore, which opened in 1994 and was named for his mother 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, allowing 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, bringing the Taliban to negotiations with the United States 

and Afghanistan; 

Whereas Pakistan’s security forces have successfully eliminated militants in the border areas at a huge material 

and human cost; 


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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 confidence 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 development, particularly with emphasis to the role of 

women in the economy; 

Whereas Pakistan and the United States have a shared interest and are cooperating in efforts to establish lasting 

peace in Afghanistan; 

Whereas, over the last two decades, the United States has extended support and assistance to Pakistan to meet its security and economic challenges; 

Whereas Prime Minister Imran Khan has overseen broad reform 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 ascension: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) welcomes the inaugural visit to the United 

2 States of the 22d Prime Minister of the Islamic Re3 public of Pakistan, Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi; 

4 (2) expresses continuing support and commit5 ment to the long and enduring friendship between 

6 the United States and the Islamic Republic of Paki7 stan; 

8 (3) recognizes the sacrifice of and expresses sol9 idarity with the people of Pakistan in their struggle 

10 against terrorism as the recent chapter in a resilient 

11 and result-oriented partnership; 

12 (4) supports strengthening of the democratic 

13 process in Pakistan that affords opportunity to re14 fresh a relationship that had frayed under the 

15 weight of international conflict; 

16 (5) reaffirms friendship and strategic partner17 ship with a democratic Pakistan that must be 

18 strengthened through institutionalizing engagement 

19 in different avenues of bilateral cooperation; 

20 (6) encourages and supports ongoing coopera21 tion between the United States and Pakistan in a 

22 range of areas, including security, economic develop23 ment, strengthening of democratic institutions, en24 ergy, education, trade, and women empowerment; 


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1 (7) acknowledges Pakistan’s constructive role in 

2 facilitating peace within Afghanistan and across the 

3 region; 

4 (8) recognizes the significant role of the Paki5 stani-American diaspora in building bridges of 

6 friendship between Pakistan and the United States; 

7 and 

8 (9) encourages people-to-people contact, par9 ticularly in the economic domain, as the way forward 

10 in rebuilding the bilateral relationship into an endur11 ing partnership. 

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