Review UK-Pakistan relations
- 219 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,540 - 128 added in the past 24hrs)
We think the UK should review its relations with Pakistan. There is strong evidence of human rights violations against religious and ethnic minorities in Pakistan, and now following concerns about the election, we want the UK to act.
Found: While the UK gives aid to Pakistan to promote freedom of religion or belief, we believe attacks on minorities
Don’t recognise the new government of Pakistan
- 65 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 84 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We believe the UK Government should not recognise the new government in Pakistan due to concerns about the credibility of the election process.
Found: The recent elections in Pakistan were held on 8th February 2024.
Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) When did we last specifically raise the plight of children with Pakistan? - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Leicester (Bshp - Bishops) I, too, warmly welcome the increase in the aid budget for Pakistan, as others have. - Speech Link
3: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) UK support in partnership with Pakistan in 2017-18 was £441 million. - Speech Link
4: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) Pakistan has one of the highest numbers of bonded labourers in the world. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) The United Kingdom has a long-standing and close relationship with Pakistan. - Speech Link
2: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) Afghans in Pakistan are meant to hold a Pakistan-issued Afghan citizen card, but there are reports of - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) We have an agreement, and the new Government of Pakistan are supporting it. - Speech Link
4: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) the reports on those who were actually born in Pakistan. - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I met him in Pakistan almost three years ago. - Speech Link
Review UK-Pakistan relations following concerns about elections
- 58 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 72 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to urgently review UK-Pakistan following concerns that have been raised about the recent elections. This should include considering diplomatic options to pressure more transparency and fairness in future elections.
Found: We want an urgent review of UK-Pakistan relations to try to ensures fairness in future elections.
Found: Treatment of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan
Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Question): To ask the Home Secretary if she will make a statement on the evacuation of Afghans from Pakistan - Speech Link
2: Johnny Mercer (Con - Plymouth, Moor View) They were therefore held in Pakistan, and rightly so. - Speech Link
3: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) He fled to Pakistan with his daughters, fearing for their lives, but now he has lost all hope. - Speech Link
4: Ruth Cadbury (Lab - Brentford and Isleworth) My constituent’s parents fled Afghanistan for Pakistan. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) Relocations and Assistance Policy, or the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, who are currently in Pakistan - Speech Link
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) My Lords, Afghans in third countries, including Pakistan, who are eligible for resettlement to the UK - Speech Link
3: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) My Lords, has the Minister read today’s Daily Telegraph, in which the Pakistan Prime Minister cites the - Speech Link
4: Baroness Coussins (XB - Life peer) My Lords, how many visas have been issued to eligible Afghans in Pakistan since the Government’s recent - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None Our new plans will see approximately 2,800 ARAP-entitled personnel moved from Pakistan to the United - Speech Link
2: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) Has he confirmed whether any of those about to be expelled from Pakistan to Afghanistan are eligible - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Our new plans will see approximately 2,800 ARAP-entitled personnel move from Pakistan to the UK by the - Speech Link
4: Baroness D'Souza (XB - Life peer) Are His Majesty’s Government in touch with Pakistan about what it is effecting, because there will be - Speech Link