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Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

Commons · Question 35241 · Tabled 4 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 10 Mar 2025

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Asked by Sammy Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his Pakistani counterpart on the arrest of Ahmadi Muslims in Daska, Pakistan, for gathering in their local mosque on 28 February

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 10 Mar 2025

Promoting the rights of religious minorities is a core part of the UK's diplomatic engagement in Pakistan. I raised the deteriorating situation for the Ahmadi community when I met Pakistan's Human Rights Minister on 19 November 2024, and discussed this is...