Farooq Ali

(asked on 9th February 2023) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Pakistani counterpart on the release of the police report into the death of Farook Ali.


Answered by
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Leo Docherty
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 23rd February 2023

British High Commission (BHC) staff in Islamabad, including the High Commissioner and Deputy High Commissioner, have met with and written repeatedly to the Pakistani police, including the Inspector General, to register their interest in the Farooq Ali case and to request a thorough and transparent investigation. The High Commissioner has raised the case with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and through her the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior. Consular officials have raised the delays to the final police report and will continue to press for it to be finalised.

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