Pakistan: Status of Shaukat Ali Kashmiri and other United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) officials, including whether they are detained and/or have travel restrictions (July-November 1999)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 15 November 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PAK33172.E |
| Reference | 4 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Pakistan: Status of Shaukat Ali Kashmiri and other United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) officials, including whether they are detained and/or have travel restrictions (July-November 1999), 15 November 1999, PAK33172.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad6f38.html [accessed 3 November 2019] |
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No information on the present status of Shaukat Ali Kashmiri and other United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) officials, including whether they are detained and/or have travel restrictions, could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate. For information on Shaukat Ali Kashmiri's January 1998 arrest and detention and eventual release in late September 1998, please consult PAK31814.E of 13 May 1999.
The Business Recorder reported on 18 February 1999 that UKPNP chairman Shaukat Ali Kashmiri had addressed a party meeting in Muzaffarabad the previous day. He stated that the PNP would "launch a campaign for proprietary rights of Mangla Dam, restoration of student unions, protection of forests and elimination of unemployment across Azad Kashmir" (ibid.). Neither this article nor reportedly Kashmiri himself, during the party meeting, made any reference to the status of Kashmiri or other UKPNP officials, or stated that they were being detained or prevented from travelling.
In a mid-May 1999 e-mail the Toronto organizer of the UKPNP indicated that Shaukat Ali Kashmiri was in Switzerland at that time and hoped to come to Canada. The Research Directorate was unable to find any reports corroborating Kashmiri's visit in Switzerland among the sources consulted.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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 below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Business Recorder [Karachi/Lahore]. 18 February 1999. "Azad Kashmir PNP to Launch Drive for Proprietary Rights on Mangla Dam."
United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP), Toronto. 19 May 1999. Correspondence from organizer.
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report 1999. 1999.
Asian Survey [Berkeley, Calif.]. Bi-monthly. January/February 1999-May/June 1999.
The Herald [Karachi]. Monthly. January 1999-October 1999.
Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Home Office, UK. March 1999. Pakistan: Country Assessment.
Jane's Intelligence Review [Surrey]. Monthly. January 1999-October 1999.
Research Directorate. August 1999. Human Rights Information Package: Pakistan.
Resource Centre. "Pakistan" country file. January 1999-November 1999.
Electronic sources: various Internet sites, IRB Databases, NEXIS.
