Pakistan: Religious Freedom
Commons · Question 42445 · Tabled 31 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Pakistan's record on implementing human rights commitments under the Generalised Scheme of Prefe
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 22 Apr 2025
Promoting human rights is a core part of the UK's diplomatic engagement in Pakistan. I raised issues including the rights of religious minorities and blasphemy accusations when I met Pakistan's Minister for the Interior, Talal Chaudhry, on 31 March. Under...