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Query responses are replies to focused queries or requests for Information that are submitted in the course of the refugee status determination process.
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Pakistan: 1. Please provide information on the district of Dir in regard to militant Islamist groups such as the Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) and the Jaish-e-Mohammad. Have these groups been known to target advocates of women's rights or other liberal activists? 2. Please provide further information on the situation for advocates of women's rights, and other liberal activists, in Dir and the NWFP at large. 3. Please provide information on the situation for advocates of women's rights in more liberal locales of Pakistan, such as in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. Have any such activists in these cities been harmed by militant Islamists from the NWFP, or for activities conducted in the NWFP? 4. Please provide information on any restrictions that might prevent relocating to a major city such as Islamabad, Lahore or Karachi. 5. Is there any evidence to suggest that ethnic Pushtuns experience mistreatment in Pakistan as suspected supporters of Al Qaeda? What is the situation for Pashtuns in this regard in Karachi?

16 May 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), including whether it has been responsible for any human rights violations (January 2003 - September 2005)

12 September 2005 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: Whether Pakistani citizens who were arrested in Toronto by Citizenship and Immigration Canada officials in August 2003 under "Project Thread" and who were deported to Pakistan in December 2003, held a press conference in Islamabad where they announced their intention to sue the government of Canada; whether details of their treatment in Canada are known to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, including its conclusion in this regard; whether these citizens have filed an official complaint against the government of Canada; whether the government of Pakistan has filed an official diplomatic complaint against the government of Canada; whether these deported individuals were investigated by Pakistani officials for possible links to terrorist organizations upon their return to Pakistan, including details of their treatment upon their return

3 March 2004 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: Whether the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) has committed any human rights violations

25 July 2003 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: The relationship between the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM); recent human rights violations committed by HM; whether HM practices forced recruitment in Azad Kashmir

24 July 2003 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: The International Human Rights Movement (IHRM) in Lahore, including the type of organization it is, its mandate and activities, its leaders and members and whether it has any publications

1 September 1998 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: Information from the Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad, on human rights and others issues in Azad Kashmir

1 October 1997 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: Update to Response to Information Request PAK18021.E of 20 July 1994 on the human rights situation of Christians

1 October 1996 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: Detailed information from the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore in Sialkot, on its organization and activities, specifically, on when it was founded, its funding and legal status; on its organizational structure and its leaders and members; on the membership process, procedure and requirements; on the number of new members since January 1995; on whether membership lists are maintained; on whether membership is individual or by family; on membership certificates, the information contained on them, the requirements and procedure to obtain them, and the number of certificates issued and denied since January 1995; on membership fees; on the facilities and services available to members; on available women's and children's organizations; on any publications produced by the community; on the treatment of members at the hands of the police, the authorities and society in general; on any contacts the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore in Sialkot maintains with other Lahori, Qadiani or human rights groups in Pakistan and abroad; on whether it is officially recognized by the Lahori headquarters, the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore in Lahore; and on whether it participates in the Pakistani minority provisions for voting, post-secondary enrolment and employment

1 September 1996 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: Information from the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore in Lahore on the reason for the October 1995 resignation of Mansur Ahmad as its general secretary, specifically on whether his resignation was due to a fear of human rights abuses

1 May 1996 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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