Washington, July 19. (PTI): Asserting that Pakistan must continue to be held responsible for the recent upsurge in violence in Kashmir, a report on the status of Hindus worldwide has claimed the "al Qaeda sponsored" Islamist terrorism in the valley has led to the victimisation of 350,000 Hindus.

The report by the Hindu American Foundation discusses the consequences of the Pakistan and al Qaeda sponsored Islamist violence in Jammu and Kashmir that has left thousands of Hindus and Muslims dead.

The Pakistan government is condemned for the alleged systematic state-sponsored religious discrimination against Hindus through elaborate anti-blasphemy laws and for failing to investigate reports of millions of Hindus being held as bonded labourers in slavery-like conditions.

The report specifically denounces Bangladesh for a long history of anti-Hindu atrocities that have recently spiked following the ascent of the Bangladeshi National Party Jamat-e-Islami coalition.

"The estimated loss of 20 million Bangladeshi Hindus is a consequence of an ongoing genocide and forced exodus," the report claims.

The 71-page report was delivered prior to its release to the co-chairs of the Congressional caucus on India and Indian Americans Representative Illeana Ros-Lehtinan and Representative Gary Ackerman, who endorsed it.