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Pakistan's political and security challenges

13 September 2007 | Publisher: United Kingdom: Parliament, House of Commons Library | Document type: Country Reports

Pakistan: 1. Please provide information on Hangu and its religious and other demographics? 2. Please provide information about the Imamia Student organisation (ISO), its aims, purposes and political action? 3. Is there any information on whether the ISO advocates unity between Shia and Sunnis? 4. Is there a Hangu branch of the ISO? 6. Is there any evidence of violence between Sunnis and Shias in Hangu on 21 March 1997 and 1998 and 9 Feb 2006 and what happened? 7. Is there any evidence or documentation that Nisar Ali and other Shia leaders were shot in Hangu in 2001? 8. Are there other places in Pakistan where there is no violence between Shias and Sunni and there is a large population of Shias where either Urdu or English is widely spoken? 9. Is there any information that the police in Hangu have taken action against Sunnis who have committed violence against Shias? 10. Are there any organisations in Hangu that are anti Shias? 11. Please provide any other information that you think is relevant.

27 June 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Are there any reports of harassment of low level activists in PML(N) by student, or other internal party groups, if they want to discontinue involvement in the party?

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

Pakistan: Karachi's Madrasas and Violent Extremism

29 March 2007 | Publisher: International Crisis Group (ICG) | Document type: Country Reports

Pakistan: 1. Is there any recent specific information on the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation League indicating its current structure, aims, activities, leaders and treatment of its members by the Azad Kashmiri and Pakistani authorities? 2. Is there any information as to how Pakistani authorities treat persons who support an independent Kashmiri state? 3. It is not clear to me whether the ISI is engaged in suppressing pro independence views in the Kashmir area and surrounds, or throughout the whole of Pakistan. Is there anything which suggests that their interest is local, or wider? Is there a large Kashmiri community outside the Kashmir area?

29 January 2007 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Document d'Information sur un Pays: Pakistan

December 2006 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Country Reports

Pakistan: 1. What is the situation in Pakistan at present for Mohajirs? 2. What is the situation in Pakistan at present for members, or former members, of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM)? 3. What is the situation in Pakistan at present for members, or former members of the MQM in terms of possible harm from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP)? 4. What is the situation in Pakistan at present for members, or former members of the MQM in terms of possible harm from members and supporters of the breakaway MQM (Haqiqi) faction? 5. Anything else you feel might be relevant.

17 November 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Please provide an update on the political situation in and the government of NWFP. 2. Please provide an update on the influence of Islamism and the extent of the implementation of Shri'a laws in NWFP. 3. Is there any evidence to suggest that NWFP government, the clergy and Islamists in NWFP have or are targeting "liberal Muslims"? 4. Is there any evidence to suggest that the act of refusing to donate to religious groups or refusing to attend religious ceremonies attracts punishment by Islamic groups or parties? 5. Is there evidence to suggest that the NWFP government or Islamic groups use blasphemy laws to suppress dissent or to punish liberally minded Muslims? 6. Is there any record of the number of blasphemy charges that have been brought against NWFP residents since 2002? 7. What is the state and the extent of NGO operations (domestic and foreign) in NWFP? 8. Is there evidence to suggest that NGOs (domestic and foreign) and NGO workers are being viewed or treated adversely by NWFP government or Islamic groups in the province? Has Amnesty International issued any reports or statements in relation to the treatment of NGOs and/or NGO workers in NWFP? 9. Any further information of relevance

6 November 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Please provide information on the location of the Khyber Agency. How is the Khyber Agency currently governed? And what is its relationship with the national government of Pakistan? Does it have separate law enforcement bodies? 2. Please provide information on tribal jirgas. How do tribal jirgas operate and what is the effect of their decisions? Are they enforceable outside the tribal areas of North West Frontier and the other western areas of Pakistan? Are there any reports of persons living outside the tribal areas who have been adversely affected by decisions made by tribal jirgas? 3. Please provide information on the organisation and activities of the Anti Narcotics Force.

11 October 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Please provide up to date information on the political situation relevant to the PPP in the Punjab. 2. Please provide any information on the operations of the PPP in Shakar Garh. 3. Please provide information on the Pakistan authorities' treatment of members of PPP.

8 June 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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