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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2023-01-06more like thismore than 2023-01-06
answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept id 208 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office more like this
hansard heading Pakistan: Ahmadiyya remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in Pakistan on (a) the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims and (b) the alleged desecration of Ahmadi places of worship in that country. more like this
tabling member constituency Leeds Central more like this
tabling member printed
Hilary Benn more like this
uin 117473 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-01-18more like thismore than 2023-01-18
answer text <p>Protecting freedom of religion or belief for minority communities is central to the UK Government's human rights engagement in Pakistan. The Minister for Development raised the treatment of Ahmadi Muslims with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on 9 January. Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Minister for South Asia, also raised this issue with Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on 14 December, and with Ministry of Interior officials on 8 December. The British High Commission in Islamabad continues to engage at a senior level with government representatives and civil society; the High Commissioner raised the issue with Minister of State Hina Rabbani Khar on 4 January.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Aldershot more like this
answering member printed Leo Docherty more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-01-18T16:37:04.1Zmore like thismore than 2023-01-18T16:37:04.1Z
answering member
4600
label Biography information for Leo Docherty more like this
tabling member
413
label Biography information for Hilary Benn more like this