Pakistan: Human Rights

(asked on 20th April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Pakistani counterpart on the abuse of human rights of (a) Christian, (b) Sikh, (c) Parsi, (d) Hindu, (e) Buddhist, (f) Jain and (g) other minority communities in Pakistan.


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Nigel Adams Portrait
Nigel Adams
This question was answered on 27th April 2020

We engage at a senior level with the Pakistani Government on the mistreatment of minority religious and ethnic groups. The Minister of State for South Asia and the Commonwealth, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, raised our concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief and the protection of minority religious communities with Pakistan's Human Rights Minister in February. We will continue to urge the Government of Pakistan to guarantee the fundamental rights of all its citizens, as laid down in the constitution of Pakistan and in accordance with international standards. It is vital that Pakistan guarantees the rights of all its citizens, regardless of gender, ethnicity or belief.

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