Pakistan: Religious Freedom
Commons · Question 65345 · Tabled 7 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 29 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Pakistani counterpart on people imprisoned under blasphemy laws for exercising religious beliefs in that country.
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 29 Jul 2025
This Government remains deeply concerned by the misuse of blasphemy laws in Pakistan, particularly where they are used to target individuals for peacefully exercising their religion or belief. We regularly raise this issue at senior levels, urging Pakista...