Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Pakistani counterpart on recommencement the Krishna Hindu temple in Islamabad.

We are closely monitoring the situation regarding the construction of the Shri Krishna Mandir temple in Islamabad. The UK Government remains deeply concerned by reports of discrimination against religious minorities in Pakistan, including against the Hindu community. We regularly raise our concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief and the protection of minority communities, including the Hindu community, with the Pakistani Government at a senior level. Most recently, the Minister for South Asia, raised these concerns with Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights, Dr Shireen Mazari, on 19 October.