Pakistan: Development Aid
Commons · Question 23326 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK aid to Pakistan is not used to support human rights abuses in Balochistan.
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 21 Jan 2025
The UK remains deeply concerned by reports of human rights abuses in Pakistan, including in Balochistan. Whilst UK Aid does not directly deliver in Balochistan, the UK Government continues to engage with the Government of Pakistan on human rights matters....