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<p>The murder of Mr Rasheed Ahmad in Gujarat on 19 February is the latest incident
in a worsening trend of persecution and targeting of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community
in Pakistan. I [Lord Ahmad] raised the treatment of Ahmadi Muslims with Pakistan's
Minister for Human Rights, Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada, on 30 January. On 9 January,
Minister of State for Development Andrew Mitchell raised this issue with Prime Minister
Shehbaz Sharif. The British High Commission in Islamabad continues to engage at a
senior level with government representatives and civil society; the UK Political Counsellor
discussed the matter with Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab, Mohsin Naqvi, on 20
February.</p>
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