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Pakistan: 1. What country information is available on the influence of criminal networks in the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) with regard to the relationship between the "drug mafia" and the local police (and associated security agencies)?

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

Pakistan: 1. Please provide information, if any, on Rokhana Seema - when it was established, where, by whom, its aims, etc. 2. Has this organisation been targeted by TNSM? 3. Are there any reports suggesting that TNSM has harmed individuals or groups advocating and/or defending women's rights? 4. What has been the extent of TNSM's activities after it was banned in 2002? 5. What has been the extent of TNSM's activities outside of NWFP?

21 March 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Please provide details of the Awami National Party, particularly its activities in the Tribal areas. 2. a) Please provide details of Lashkar-e-Tayayaba. b) Were they banned? Are they still operating? c) Which regions of Pakistan did they operate / are they operating in? d) What is the relationship between Lashkar-e-Tayayaba and the ANP? e) What is the relationship between Lashkar-e-Tayayaba and the TNSM? 3. a) Please provide details of Albadar Mujahideen. b) Were they banned? Are they still operating? c) Which regions of Pakistan did they operate / are they operating in? d) What is the relationship between Albadar Mujahideen and the ANP? e) What is the relationship between Albadar Mujahideen and the TNSM? 4. a) Please provide details of Jahesh Mohammad. b) Were they banned? Are they still operating? c) Which regions of Pakistan did they operate / are they operating in? d) What is the relationship between Jahesh Mohammad and the ANP? e) What is the relationship between Jahesh Mohammad and the TNSM? 5. Is TNSM comprised of a number of sub groups/parties? 6. Is the town of Swat near the Doag Dara valley (or the Nihag Dara, Tormang Dara or Karo Dara valleys)?

7 February 2006 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Please provide information about the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Group 2. Can it be confirmed that, in the previous elections (prior to the military takeover), the PML (Nawaz) obtained the maximum seats in the Sialkot district for both the upper and lower house? 3. What tensions exist between the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Group and the Pakistan Peoples Party? 4. Is there any information available indicating that the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Group leaders within Sialkot formed the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy? 5. Were some of the party leaders ‘persuaded' to join the present regime? 6. Do the authorities abuse the Terrorist provisions?

14 December 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. What information is available on an organisation known as the Nepazi Shariat group which may operate in Swat? 2. What does the Nepazi Shariat group about women studying? 3. Does the Nepazi Shariat group attack Muslims? 4. Are the police complicit with the Nepazi Shariat group? 5. Do the police offer protection to Muslims, from the Nepazi Shariat group?

30 November 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. When did the MQM join the coalition currently in power in Pakistan? 2. How many seats do the MQM have in the Sindh provincial government? 3. How many seats do the PML(N) have in the Sindh provincial government? 4. In 2004 the US Department of State reported that the MQM political leadership has renounced violence. When did it renounce violence? 5. Are there any reports of the activities of the MQM since it has denounced violence? 6. In 2004 the US Department of State reported that opposition parties charged that MQM kidnapped and tortured their activists during the March 28 local government by-elections and the May 12 provincial and national assembly by-elections in Karachi. Are further details available (eg what opposition parties' members were kidnapped)? 7. Did the PML(N) take part in the March 28 and May 12 elections? 8. What were the results in the local government by-elections in Karachi in March 28 and the May 12 provincial and national assembly by-elections? 9. Are there any other reports of the MQM kidnapping or torturing members of opposition political parties? 10. Is there any evidence to suggest that the present government and the MQM are working together to restrict political activity? 11. The PML(N) reportedly has 19 seats in the National Assembly. Are there any recent reports detailing any political activities of the PML(N) in particular in Karachi? 12. Research Response PAK16871 of July 2004 provides reports of action taken by the Musharraf government against political activists. Can you provide an update, covering the treatment of members of the PML(N) by the Musharraf government? 13. The MQM(H) reportedly claimed that security forces acting on behalf of the MQM routinely held its activists incommunicado. What is the relationship between the MQM and the Musharraf government? 14. Is there any evidence to suggest that the MQM and the Musharraf government are targeting members of political parties who oppose the present government?

5 September 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. What is the law under which the sale of video pornography is punishable in Pakistan? 2. Is this a national law/provision, or a state law? 3. If there are state or other local differences, what would the penalties be (and under what law), for example, in NWFP, Islamabad and in Karachi?

28 February 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. What is the present political position of Jamiat-e-Islami in Pakistan? 2. Does Jamiat-e-Islami politically control Mardan? 3. Would Jamiat-e-Islami be in a position to compel local police/authorities to act in accordance with its wishes? 4. Would a person assaulted etc by Jamiat members have any recourse or would the state protect Jamiat members?

24 February 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Is it the case that Ahmadis in Pakistan have been declared non-Muslims and that the Pakistan Muslim Family Laws Ordinance does not, therefore, apply to the Ahmadiyya?

17 February 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Pakistan: 1. Any information on the movement Khatm-e- Manshiat would be of assistance. 2. Any information on the newspaper Sahar would be of assistance. 3. What information is available on the "Afridi clan" and any connections with narcotics trafficking?

14 February 2005 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

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