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Pakistan: Religious Freedom

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.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 7 Jul 2025
Target answer date: 9 Jul 2025
Answer: 29 Jul 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
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.
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jul 2025
Answer published
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...

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