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<p>Pakistan is an FCDO human rights priority country. Protecting freedom of religion
or belief for minority communities is central to the UK Government's human rights
engagement in Pakistan. Minister for Development Andrew Mitchell raised the treatment
of Ahmadi Muslims with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on 9 January. On 14 December
2022 Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for South Asia and Minister for Human
Rights, also raised this issue with Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The British
High Commission in Islamabad continues to engage at a senior level with government
representatives and civil society; the High Commissioner raised the matter with Minister
of State Hina Rabbani Khar on 4 January.</p>
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