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Pakistan: Religious Freedom

Commons · Question 43031 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 22 Apr 2025

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Asked by Sammy Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the adequacy of the observance of the Pakistani government to article 22 of the constitution o

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 22 Apr 2025

Promoting freedom of religion or belief is a key part of the UK's diplomatic engagement overseas. I underlined the importance of religious tolerance and harmony when I met Pakistan's Human Rights Minister, Azam Tarar, on 19 November 2024, and raised this ...