Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 65345
Pakistan: Religious Freedom
Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 29 July 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Pakistani counterpart on people imprisoned under blasphemy laws for exercising religious beliefs in that country.
Answer
Mr Hamish FalconerThis Government remains deeply concerned by the misuse of blasphemy laws in Pakistan, particularly where they are used to target individuals for peacefully exercising their religion or belief. We regularly raise this issue at senior levels, urging Pakista...
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