Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department has provided to the family of Mayra Zulfiqar who was murdered in Pakistan on 3 April 2021.

The tragic circumstances of Ms Zulfiqar's death on 3 May 2021 were brought to the attention of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) by her family. Ms Zulfiqar was a Belgian national with residency in the UK prior to travelling to Pakistan. The FCDO is unable to offer consular assistance to nationals of another country, even if they have been legally living in the UK. The support that we can provide is set out in Support for British nationals abroad: A guide, available on GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/support-for-british-nationals-abroad-a-guide). Consular staff shared information on bereavement abroad with Ms Zulfiqar's family and signposted them to the Belgian authorities for consular assistance. There is a Belgian Embassy in Islamabad that provides consular services. Ms Zulfiqar's family were also provided with advice on how to contact Victim Support, an organisation that can provide additional support to bereaved families who are resident in England and Wales.