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<p>Protecting freedom of religion or belief for minority communities continues to
be central to the UK Government's human rights engagement in Pakistan. The Minister
of State for South Asia, Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, 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,
including on recent attacks on Ahmadi mosques.</p>
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