Pakistan: Whether the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) has any offices in Pakistan outside of Azad Kasmir and, if so, the addresses; treatment by government authorities and other political/ethnic groups of members of UKPNP (1998-1999)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1999 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PAK31814.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Pakistan: Whether the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) has any offices in Pakistan outside of Azad Kasmir and, if so, the addresses; treatment by government authorities and other political/ethnic groups of members of UKPNP (1998-1999), 1 May 1999, PAK31814.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aba85c.html [accessed 4 June 2023] |
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No mention of whether the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) has any offices in Pakistan, outside of Azad Kasmir, could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
The only information found pertaining to the treatment of members of the UKPNP are references to the detention of its chairman, Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, by government authorities (India Abroad 20 Mar. 1998; Amnesty International 22 Jan. 1998, 1 Oct. 1998). He was reported to have been abducted in January 1998 by persons "believed to be members of the security forces" (ibid. 22 Jan. 1998). On 1 October 1998 Amnesty International reported that he had been released "a few days" previously, but had no information as to where he was detained or how he had been treated.
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.
References
Amnesty International. 1 October 1998. Urgent Action: Pakistan: Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, Chairman of the United Kashmir People's National Party. (AI Index: ASA 33/14/98).
_____. 22 January 1998. Urgent Action: Pakistan: Shaukat Ali Kashmir. (AI Index: ASA 33/01/98).
India Abroad. 20 March 1998. Sanjay Suri. "Crackdown in Pakistan-Held Areas is Decried." (Africa News/NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Asian Survey [Berkeley]. 1998.
Herald [Karachi]. September 1998 - April 1999.
Jamal's Yellow Pages of Pakistan (WWW).
Jane's Intelligence Review [Surrey, UK]. 1998.
Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1960 - 1998.
One7 White Pages of Pakistan (WWW).
Resource Centre. Pakistan country file. August 1998 - April 1999.
_____. Pakistan: Amnesty International country file. September 1997 - April 1999.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases, LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, REFWORLD, World News Connection (WNC).
