Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 42445
Pakistan: Religious Freedom
Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 22 April 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Pakistan's record on implementing human rights commitments under the Generalised Scheme of Prefe
Answer
Mr Hamish FalconerPromoting human rights is a core part of the UK's diplomatic engagement in Pakistan. I raised issues including the rights of religious minorities and blasphemy accusations when I met Pakistan's Minister for the Interior, Talal Chaudhry, on 31 March. Under...
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