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Pakistan: Humanitarian Aid

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN 905240, tabled on 25 January 2022

Question

Sir Edward Leigh
Conservative
Gainsborough
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make it her policy to make her Department's humanitarian programmes in Pakistan conditional on the Government of Pakistan's steps to protect freedom of religion or belief minority groups from forced conversions and marriages in that country.

Answer

James Cleverly
Conservative
Braintree
Commons

Answered on

25 January 2022

We frequently raise the issues of freedom of religion or belief and human rights with the Government of Pakistan, including with Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Qureshi. We press the Pakistan Government to honour its international commitments and obligations. UK aid in Pakistan targets the most marginalised and vulnerable communities, and we fund programmes that work to address discrimination against minorities and gender-based violence.

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