Title	Pakistan: 1. Can you please provide me with information regarding the current situation for Shias in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Islamabad. 2. Can Shias obtain effective state protection from any harm in these particular urban areas? 3. Do people who have studied in the West in countries such as Australia face any particular difficulties on return to Pakistan and areas such as Karachi, etc? 4. Are they targeted by extremist groups because of the potential influence the West may have had on them?
Publisher	Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal
Publication Date	17 December 2010
Country	Australia | Pakistan
Topics	Returnees | Shia
Citation / Document Symbol	PAK37893
Cite as	Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal, Pakistan: 1. Can you please provide me with information regarding the current situation for Shias in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Islamabad. 2. Can Shias obtain effective state protection from any harm in these particular urban areas? 3. Do people who have studied in the West in countries such as Australia face any particular difficulties on return to Pakistan and areas such as Karachi, etc? 4. Are they targeted by extremist groups because of the potential influence the West may have had on them?, 17 December 2010, PAK37893, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4df9ed842.html [accessed 18 May 2023]
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