The Latest: Pakistan urges world to put pressure on Myanmar

Pakistani protesters rally against ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, holding a placard that reads, "Wake up rulers of Muslim countries," in Lahore Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. The U.N. refugee agency said some 123,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar on Aug. 25, and that established refugee camps were now at "breaking point." (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistani protesters rally against ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar, holding a placard that reads, "Wake up rulers of Muslim countries," in Lahore Pakistan, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. The U.N. refugee agency said some 123,000 Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in Myanmar on Aug. 25, and that established refugee camps were now at "breaking point." (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

By Associated Press September 7, 2017 1 min read

BANGKOK (AP) – The Latest on violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state and the flood of ethnic Rohingya refugees into Bangladesh (all times local):

12:30 p.m.

Pakistan is urging the world to put pressure on Myanmar, where renewed violence has forced out tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims.

Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif says the Rohingyas’ plight is “a challenge to the conscience” of the world and that Pakistan was committed to providing humanitarian aid to them.

The ministry issued a statement containing his opening remarks at a conference of Pakistani diplomats on Thursday.