Pakistan: Information on the situation of the Mohajirs outside of Karachi and Hyderabad (Sindh) from 1993 to the present; on whether they are discriminated against throughout the country solely because of their nationality; and on whether an internal flight alternative exists for Mohajirs from Karachi
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PAK19996.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Pakistan: Information on the situation of the Mohajirs outside of Karachi and Hyderabad (Sindh) from 1993 to the present; on whether they are discriminated against throughout the country solely because of their nationality; and on whether an internal flight alternative exists for Mohajirs from Karachi, 1 March 1995, PAK19996.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab0678.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
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Information on the situation of Mohajirs outside of the province of Sindh could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
For general information on the Mohajirs, please consult the attachments, as well as DIRB's Question and Answer Series papers entitled Pakistan: The Mohajirs of September 1992 and The Mohajirs of Pakistan of September 1990. Both of these publications are available at Regional Documentation Centres.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find attached the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Attachments
Agence France Presse (AFP). 9 May 1993. "Ethnic-based Party in Sindh a Potential Threat to Islamabad." (NEXIS)
INS Resource Information Center. November 1993. Profile Series: Pakistan. Washington, DC: INS Resource Information Center, pp. 70-74.
Middle East Times. 31 December 1994. Herve Clerc. "Mohajirs Wary of Pakistan Army." (DIRB country file)
Office of Asylum Affairs (OAA), Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. December 1994. Pakistan: Profile of Asylum Claims and Country Conditions. Washington, DC: United States Department of State, pp. 9, 15.
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report. Yearly. 1993, 1994.
Contemporary Religions: A World Guide.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly. 1995.
Critique: Review of the Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1993. 1994.
DIRB Indexed Media Review [Ottawa]. Weekly. 1992 to present.
Documentation, Information and Research Branch (DIRB), Immigration and Refugee Board [Ottawa]. September 1994. Contextual Information Package: Pakistan.
_____. September 1994. Human Rights Information Package: Pakistan.
_____. April 1994. Pakistan: Country Review.
Encyclopedia of the Third World. 1992.
The Europa World Year Book. Yearly. 1994.
Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER). 1994. Asia 1994 Yearbook: A Review of the Events of 1993.
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. 1993. State of Human Rights in Pakistan 1993.
Human Rights Watch World Report. Yearly. 1994, 1995.
Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. Monthly. 1993 to 1994.
World Directory of Minorities. 1991.
