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Pakistan

Commons · Question 53049 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 3 Jun 2025

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Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the recent killing of Dr. Sheikh Mahmood in Sargodha, Pakistan; and what steps his D

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Answered by Hamish Falconer, 3 Jun 2025

Promoting freedom of religion or belief is a core part of the UK's diplomatic engagement overseas. I raised the deteriorating situation for Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan in a meeting with Pakistan's Minister of State for the Interior in March 2025. Our High ...