Pakistan, July 27 -- The love-hate relationship between the United States of America and Pakistan has borne strategic alliances resulting in military and economic aid packages in love, regime changes, (s)elections, and economic pressure through financial institutions in hate. A perpetual lukewarm state in between these boils and chills is the US Congressional/Senate hearings on human rights conditions/violations to appease the taxpayers of the USA and browbeat Pakistan. It provides fodder for think tanks in the USA and influences those at the helm here.

These hearings can be called by entities within Congress. Committee chairs, majority party leaders, members of Congress, and subcommittees may investigate specific topics, collate informa...