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<p>Her Majesty's Government's objective is to support a stable, prosperous and democratic
Pakistan. We continue to urge Pakistan to honour in practice its human rights obligations
related to religious minorities.</p><p>As the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Freedom
of Religion or Belief I continue to raise the issue of protection of christian communities
in Pakistan. I raised our concerns about Freedom of Religion or Belief and the protection
of minority religious communities with Pakistan's Federal Human Rights Minister, Dr.
Shireen Mazari, during a visit to Pakistan in February 2019. The former Foreign Secretary
discussed the treatment of minority religious communities with Pakistan's Foreign
Minister Qureshi during his visit to the UK in June 2019.</p>
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