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29 January 2021
PAKISTAN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Overview - Pakistan
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
19 May 2016
Accessed Date:
23 January 2018
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Title:
Pakistan. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
Pakistan. Administrative Divisions.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
27 October 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
19 January 2021
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan: Country Report
Source:
Asylum Research Centre
Date of Document:
18 June 2018
Accessed Date:
11 January 2019
Title:
Pakistan. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
4 January 2018
Accessed Date:
23 January 2018
Title:
UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Members of Religious Minorities from Pakistan
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Prison conditions. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
7 January 2020
Title:
Maps of Pakistan. Pakistan: Challenges and Perspectives.
Source:
Austria. Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior.
Accessed Date:
11 January 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Medical and healthcare provisions. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2020
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Background information, including internal relocation. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Pakistan
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
20 February 2019
Accessed Date:
8 January 2020
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Pakistan
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan : régions des tribus pachtounes dans le nord-ouest, situation des femmes
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
18 June 2018
Accessed Date:
9 January 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Shia Muslims. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
29 January 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Christians and Christian converts. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2018
Accessed Date:
11 January 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Security and humanitarian situation, including fear of militant groups. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
21 January 2019
Title:
Pakistan. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Asia and the Pacific, 2018.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
9 January 2020
Title:
Raising the Stakes in Jammu and Kashmir. Asia Report N°310.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
5 August 2020
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Hazaras. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2019
Accessed Date:
22 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan: COI Compilation
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan: KP and FATA - Areas of Displacement, Hosting and Returns as of 31 May 2018
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
31 May 2018
Accessed Date:
21 January 2019
Title:
Pakistan: Security Situation. Country of Origin Information Report.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
October 2019
Accessed Date:
27 February 2020
Title:
Pakistan: accès à des soins psychiatriques
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
27 June 2018
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Citizens—COVID 19—Government: Pakistan's Response
Source:
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Date of Document:
July 2020
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
The socio-economic situation, including ethnic and religious composition, and access to employment, housing, education, and social and health services, particularly in Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, and Hyderabad (2018–December 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 December 2020
Accessed Date:
20 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
11 March 2020
Accessed Date:
16 March 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of Pakistan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
23 August 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Pakistan. Human Rights in Asia-Pacific: Review of 2019.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
29 January 2020
Accessed Date:
27 February 2020
Title:
Pakistan. World Report 2021: Events of 2020.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2021
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
State of human rights in 2019
Source:
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Date of Document:
April 2020
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan. The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia.
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Date of Document:
11 October 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Pakistan. Freedom in the World 2020.
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Pakistani Kashmir. Freedom in the World 2020.
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Pakistan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/PAK/1
Date of Document:
4 September 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Update of the Situation of Human Rights in Indian-Administered Kashmir and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir from May 2018 to April 2019
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
8 July 2019
Accessed Date:
13 January 2020
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Pakistan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/PAK/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
23 August 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Compilation on Pakistan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/PAK/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
4 September 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of Pakistan. Addendum: Information received from Pakistan on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CCPR/C/PAK/CO/1/Add.1
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
29 May 2019
Accessed Date:
13 January 2020
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain passports; multi-biometric electronic passports, including procedures for issuance within and outside the country, including Canada; manual passport procedures
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 December 2012
Accessed Date:
25 January 2013
Title:
Whether a former Pakistani citizen can reacquire his/her Pakistani citizenship, including requirements and procedures (2012- November 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 December 2015
Accessed Date:
26 January 2016
Title:
Whether the name of a male relative appears on a Pakistani passport issued to a woman; circumstances under which the named relative would change (2017-June 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 July 2019
Accessed Date:
16 January 2020
Title:
Report On Citizenship Law: Pakistan
Source:
European University Institute. European Union Democracy Observatory on Citizenship.
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a divorce; divorce certificates, including whether there are different types of certificates issued (2017-June 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 July 2019
Accessed Date:
16 January 2020
Title:
Prevalence and availability of fraudulent documents, including affidavits and court documents (2017-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 January 2020
Accessed Date:
24 February 2020
Title:
Certificate of domicile; requirements and procedures to obtain it
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 January 2013
Accessed Date:
25 January 2013
Title:
Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
Whether the spouse of a citizen of Pakistan can acquire citizenship; if so, information requirements, procedures and documents needed
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 October 2010
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
Pakistan : certificat de mariage Nikah Nama et accès à la citoyenneté pakistanaise pour les réfugiés afghans nés au Pakistan
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
20 November 2019
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Procedures to obtain a driver's license; appearance of driver's licenses (2013-January 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 January 2017
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
Whether the Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) number changes when a person gets married; information added or changed on the CNIC after marriage (2003-July 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 July 2013
Accessed Date:
30 January 2014
Title:
Process for the registration of births, particularly in Karachi; whether children born in 2009 and 2010 in Karachi would be registered with both a District Municipal Corporation (DMC) and a Union Council Administration (UCA), with each issuing...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 July 2013
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Title:
The Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC), the Smart National Identity Card (SNIC), and the National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP), including issuance procedures, content, validity, and purpose (2017-December 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 January 2019
Accessed Date:
28 January 2019
Title:
Pakistan. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
India and Pakistan: Residency rights for a married couple, where the spouses are a male Indian national and a female Pakistani national, in either India or Pakistan; whether a minor of Indian nationality can acquire Pakistani citizenship by ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 January 2020
Accessed Date:
31 January 2020
Title:
Whether a former Pakistani citizen can reacquire their Pakistani citizenship, including requirements and procedures (2017-December 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 January 2020
Accessed Date:
21 February 2020
Title:
Tenant registration systems, including implementation; whether authorities share information on tenant registration (2015-December 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 January 2018
Accessed Date:
30 January 2018
Title:
Country Information Note. Pakistan: Documentation. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a Family Registration Certificate (FRC), including from abroad; information contained on the FRC, including whether names of family members who are deceased or reside abroad appear on the document (2016-January 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 January 2018
Accessed Date:
29 January 2018
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
National Parliaments: Pakistan
Source:
United States. The Law Library of Congress. Global Legal Research Center.
Date of Document:
February 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
The Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party (JKNAP), including history, structure, areas of operation, and activities; incidents of violence committed by party members; treatment of party members by authorities (2004-2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 June 2017
Accessed Date:
24 January 2018
Title:
Pakistan : Les changements politiques intervenus depuis les élections législatives de juillet 2018
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 March 2019
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan: Le Parti national awami (Awami National Party, ANP) et les assassinats de ses militants dans le district de Swat
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 February 2019
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Exposure to Violence and Voting in Karachi, Pakistan
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
19 June 2019
Author:
Mashail Malik; Niloufer Siddiqui
Accessed Date:
13 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan : Le Mohajir Qaumi Mahaz – Haqiqi (MQM-H). Un antagonisme violent avec le Muttahida Qaumi Mahaz (MQM) dans la ville de Karachi.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
29 April 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Pakistan. National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
17 August 2018
Accessed Date:
11 January 2019
Title:
Devolution of Power in Pakistan
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
March 2018
Author:
Syed Mohammad Ali
Accessed Date:
15 January 2019
Title:
Pakistan: Stoking the Fire in Karachi. Asia Report N°284.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
15 February 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Ceasefire Violations in Jammu and Kashmir: A Line on Fire
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
15 September 2017
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Islamic Republic of Pakistan European Union Election Observation Mission. Final Report: General Elections, 25 July 2018.
Source:
European Union. Election Observation Mission.
Date of Document:
October 2018
Accessed Date:
15 January 2019
Title:
Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Election for Qaumī Asimbli'e Pākistān (Pakistani National Assembly) of 25 July 2018.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
15 January 2019
Title:
Shaping a New Peace in Pakistan's Tribal Areas. Asia Briefing N°150.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
20 August 2018
Accessed Date:
15 January 2019
Title:
The Jammu Kashmir People's National Party (JKPNP), including structure, leadership, objectives, activities and support for independence of Kashmir; requirements and procedures to become a member, including documents issued to members ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 November 2018
Accessed Date:
24 January 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Political parties and affiliation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Honour killings targeting men and women
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 January 2013
Accessed Date:
30 January 2013
Title:
Circumstances under which a woman has the legal right to get a divorce through the courts (judicial divorce) through her own initiative; circumstances under which single women can live alone
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 November 2010
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
Fifth periodic report submitted by Pakistan under article 18 of the Convention, due in 2017
Date of Document:
23 October 2018
Accessed Date:
15 January 2019
Title:
The Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act 2016 (Act XVI of 2016)
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Domestic violence, involving a spouse or other family members; legislation; protection and support services available to victims (2017-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 February 2020
Accessed Date:
25 February 2020
Title:
The impact of displacement on gender roles and relations: the case of IDPs from FATA, Pakistan
Source:
Humanitarian Policy Group
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Simon Levine et al.
Accessed Date:
13 January 2020
Title:
Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women review of Pakistan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 January 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Practice of polygamy, including legislation; rights of the first wife versus the second, including whether she has the right to refuse a second wife (2011-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 December 2013
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Title:
Pakistan. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Date of Document:
7 December 2018
Accessed Date:
21 January 2019
Title:
Treatment of infertile couples by society; legality of in vitro fertilization (IVF) and the use of sperm donors (2011-January 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 February 2014
Accessed Date:
28 January 2015
Title:
“Shall I Feed My Daughter, or Educate Her?” Barriers to Girls' Education in Pakistan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
12 November 2018
Author:
Elin Matinez et al.
Editor:
Liesl Gerntholtz et al.
Accessed Date:
13 January 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Pakistan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Date of Document:
11 July 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Criminal Law (Amendment) (Offences in the Name or on pretext of Honour) Act, 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Criminal Law (Amendment) (Offences Relating to Rape) Act, 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
The Criminalisation of Rape in Pakistan
Source:
Chr. Michelsen Institute
Date of Document:
September 2017
Author:
Shehar Bano Khan; Shirin Gul
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Les femmes adultères
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatries.
Date of Document:
5 March 2018
Accessed Date:
15 January 2019
Title:
Assessment Of Medico-Legal Systems Responsiveness To Gender Based Violence In Pakistan
Source:
Research and Development Solutions
Date of Document:
January 2016
Author:
Adnan Khan; Ayesha Khan
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
A Qualitative Study of Identification of the Influencers and Drivers of Child Marriage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Editor:
Qamar Naseem; Sana Ahmad
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Understanding intimate partner violence in Pakistan through a male lens
Source:
Overseas Development Institute
Date of Document:
March 2017
Author:
Rozina Karmaliani et al
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Domestic violence in intercaste marriages; state protection and support services for victims (2015-January 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 January 2019
Accessed Date:
28 January 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Women fearing gender-based violence. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
27 February 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Pakistan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
10 March 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Treatment of sexual and gender minorities by society and authorities; state protection and support services available (2017-January 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 January 2019
Accessed Date:
30 January 2019
Title:
Situation of sexual minorities in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore, including treatment by society and authorities; state protection (2010-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 January 2014
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Title:
Pakistan. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
The Transgender Persons (Protection and Rights) Act, 2018
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Incidents of violence or mistreatment involving sexual minorities in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore; loss of employment or inability to rent housing due to sexual orientation (2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 January 2015
Accessed Date:
28 January 2015
Title:
Pakistan: Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018. A Briefing Paper.
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan. Trans Legal Mapping Report 2019: Recognition before the law.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
September 2020
Author:
Zhan Chiam et al.
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2019
Accessed Date:
7 January 2020
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant group, including its leaders, activities, and areas of operation; actions taken by authorities against JeM; state protection offered to people targeted by JeM (2013-January 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 February 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2016
Title:
Pakistan : Les acteurs du conflit armé au Baloutchistan
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
8 September 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2020, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan: Tier 2 Watch List. Trafficking in Persons Report 2020.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 June 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan's Jihadist Heartland: Southern Punjab. Asia Report N°279.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
30 May 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Source:
Stanford University. Mapping Militant Organizations.
Date of Document:
30 July 2018
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan [Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Taliban, Pakistani Taliban, Tehreek-e-Taliban] (TTP), including leadership, structure, objectives, areas of operations, activities and targets; state response (2017-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 January 2020
Accessed Date:
21 February 2020
Title:
Pakistan. 2020 Crime and Safety Report: Islamabad.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
17 April 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan. 2020 Crime and Safety Report: Karachi.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
17 April 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Balochistan: Pakistan's forgotten conflict. Briefing Paper Number 6106.
Source:
United Kingdom. House of Commons Library.
Date of Document:
2 January 2018
Accessed Date:
23 January 2018
Title:
Information on state efforts to prosecute terrorist groups, including through special courts; activities to combat and prosecute Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) (2015-December 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 January 2017
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), including its objectives, leaders, and affiliations; treatment by authorities and society; situation near the Line of Control (2012 - July 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 July 2016
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
Islamic State's Khorasan Province. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Terrorism Prosecution in Pakistan
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
25 April 2016
Author:
Syed Manzar Abbas Zaidi
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Violence against doctors, including killings, kidnappings and extortion, including against doctors in Quetta; whether the Taliban targets doctors in Pakistan; violence against female doctors; state protection (2013-February 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 March 2016
Accessed Date:
23 January 2018
Title:
Pakistan. 2020 Crime and Safety Report: Lahore.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
17 April 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan. 2020 Crime and Safety Report: Peshawar.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
17 April 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Allied & Lethal: Islamic State Khorasan's Network and Organizational Capacity in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Source:
United States Military Academy. Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.
Date of Document:
3 December 2018
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Tehrik-E Taliban Pakistan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi [Lashkar-i-Jhangvi] (LeJ), Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan [Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan] (SSP) / Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat [Ahl-e-Sunnat-wal-Jamaat] (ASWJ) and Tehrik-i-Taliban [Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Taliban, Pakistani Taliban...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 December 2020
Accessed Date:
11 January 2021
Title:
Individuals and institutions, including polio vaccine workers, targeted by militant groups; individuals who are considered 'high profile' targets (2018–December 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 December 2020
Accessed Date:
20 January 2021
Title:
Situation of retired military officers, including role in society and business interests; specific state protection available to military and ex-military members (2012-December 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 January 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2016
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Whether First Information Reports (FIRs) include caste information; whether FIRs can be submitted online (2017-December 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 January 2019
Accessed Date:
28 January 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of Pakistan
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
1 June 2017
Accessed Date:
12 January 2018
Title:
The Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2018
Date of Document:
22 May 2018
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Requirements and procedures for issuance of a valid arrest warrant; whether requirements are adhered to in practice (2014-December 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 December 2015
Accessed Date:
25 January 2016
Title:
Whether individuals can obtain a certified copy of a First Information Report (FIR) from abroad through a proxy, including where a proxy must go to obtain FIRs, and requirements and procedures
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 January 2012
Accessed Date:
25 January 2013
Title:
Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act VIII of 2011)
Accessed Date:
8 January 2014
Title:
National Action Plan: Achievements and Limitations
Source:
Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad
Date of Document:
4 February 2019
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Military Injustice in Pakistan: A Briefing Paper
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial report of Pakistan. Addendum. Information received from Pakistan on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CAT/C/PAK/CO/1/Add.1
Date of Document:
12 June 2019
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Punished for being vulnerable: How Pakistan executes the poorest and the most marginalized in society.
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
October 2019
Author:
Juliette Rousselot
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
First Information Reports (FIRs), including procedures and whether a complainant can obtain a copy of an FIR; appearance and security features of FIRs (2017-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 January 2020
Accessed Date:
24 February 2020
Title:
Fatwas, particularly those issued against members of the Shia [Shi'a, Shi'i, Shiite] community, including their scope (local or national), format (written or verbal) and dissemination, as well as links between the centres issuing them; ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 January 2021
Accessed Date:
21 January 2021
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Police corruption; authorities responsible for receiving complaints against the police, including effectiveness; and procedures to submit a complaint against the police (2012-January 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 January 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
Title:
Frequently Applied Police Laws & Criminal Procedures: An Abridged Compendium. 1st Edition.
Source:
Research Society of International Law
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
12 January 2018
Title:
Police Reforms: Way Forward.
Source:
Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan
Date of Document:
14 January 2019
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Actors of protection. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Murders, Harassment and Assault: The Tough Wages of Journalism in Pakistan. Pakistan Press Freedom Report 2019-2020.
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan. State of the Internet in Asia: The Case of India, Malaysia and Pakistan.
Source:
Association for Progressive Communications
Date of Document:
October 2017
Accessed Date:
12 January 2018
Title:
Pakistan. Freedom on the Net 2020.
Editor:
Elisha Aaron et al.
Accessed Date:
27 January 2021
Title:
Acts of Intimidation: In Pakistan, journalists' fear and censorship grow even as fatal violence declines
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists
Date of Document:
12 September 2018
Accessed Date:
15 January 2019
Title:
Pakistan. States of Control: Covid, Cuts and Impunity. South Asia Press Freedom Report 2019-2020.
Source:
International Federation of Journalists
Date of Document:
3 May 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
State of Privacy Pakistan
Source:
Privacy International
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
15 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 June 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
The faith of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, including its origin, beliefs and rituals (August 2005)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 August 2005
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
Whether section 298 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) refers to any offence under religious law or Shari'a and, if so, the penalty under religious law or Shari'a
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 January 2002
Accessed Date:
20 March 2013
Title:
Pakistan. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2020 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Situation and treatment of Shia [Shi'a, Shi'i, Shiite] Muslims, including Hazaras and Turi, particularly in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, and Hyderabad; state response to violence against Shias (2017-January 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 January 2020
Accessed Date:
21 February 2020
Title:
Situation of Ahmadis, including treatment by society and authorities; legal status and rights with regards to political participation, education, and employment (2013-January 2016)
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-01837 and published as 12.6 in the Pakistan National Documentation Package, dated 29 April 2016.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 January 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
Title:
The Syed, including belief system, leadership, and activities; treatment of members by the authorities (1990-August 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 August 2019
Accessed Date:
8 January 2020
Title:
Registration procedures and documents of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at in Canada, the US and the UK
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 January 2013
Accessed Date:
30 January 2013
Title:
Religious conversion, including treatment of converts and forced conversions (2009-2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 January 2013
Accessed Date:
30 January 2013
Title:
Registration procedures and documents of the Lahore Ahmadiyya associations in Canada, the US and the UK
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
24 January 2013
Accessed Date:
25 January 2013
Title:
Suffocation of the Faithful: The Persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan and the Rise of International Extremism
Source:
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Date of Document:
July 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Reports of ill-treatment of members of the Zikri sect in Lahore, Islamabad and Quetta, including whether state protection is available; whether there is an affiliation between Sufism and Zikri (2008-July 2010)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 August 2010
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
Situation of Christians in Pakistan, including social and government attitudes, treatment and rights (2010-2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 January 2013
Accessed Date:
30 January 2013
Title:
Intermarriage between a non-Ahmadi Muslim and an Ahmadi; whether the marriage would be legally recognized; the consequences for the couple and the officiant of the marriage
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 November 2009
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
Information on marriage registration, including mixed marriages
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 January 2013
Accessed Date:
30 January 2013
Title:
Pakistan: Shi'a and Hazaras. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
15 January 2019
Title:
Pakistan : Les attaques à l'encontre des ahmadis depuis 2010
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatridess
Date of Document:
15 March 2018
Accessed Date:
15 January 2019
Title:
Pakistan : La communauté ahmadie
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 September 2019
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan. Respecting Rights? Measuring the World's Blasphemy Laws.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
July 2017
Author:
Joelle Fiss; Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
Accessed Date:
12 January 2018
Title:
Treatment of persons in mixed Sunni-Shia marriages; ability to relocate to other parts of the country; state protection available (2017-December 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 December 2018
Accessed Date:
28 January 2019
Title:
Pakistan : Rituels et pratiques chiites
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
26 April 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Hindu Marriage Act, 2017
Accessed Date:
12 January 2018
Title:
Whether the children of a Christian convert can be denied inheritance rights by their father's Muslim relatives; whether property and land to be inherited by a male Christian heir revert automatically to Muslim relatives (2014-April 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 April 2016
Accessed Date:
23 January 2018
Title:
Pakistan: Ahmadis Kept Off Minorities Commission
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 May 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Freedom of religion or belief in Pakistan
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
12 October 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
The situation of Christians in Pakistan
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
24 October 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Selected rights violations against Christians
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
3 October 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Lahore Easter attack: The aftermath for Christians
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
24 October 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
On Trial: The Implementation of Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
4 November 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961
Accessed Date:
15 January 2020
Title:
'As Good as Dead': The Impact of the Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
21 December 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Religious and ethnic groups in Rabwah, including population size and regional distribution; availability of employment and housing for Ahmadis; situation of Ahmadis, including social discrimination (2015-2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 January 2017
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan: Christians. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
15 January 2019
Title:
Pakistan: Ahmaddiyas. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
15 January 2019
Title:
Pakistan : situation des chrétiennes et chrétiens
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
8 June 2018
Accessed Date:
15 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan : situation des ahmadi-e-s
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
7 May 2018
Accessed Date:
15 January 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Ahmadis. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
8 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan : Religious freedom under attack
Date of Document:
December 2019
Accessed Date:
19 February 2020
Title:
Thematic report on article 16, Muslim family law and Muslim women's rights in Pakistan
Date of Document:
February 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Differences between Shia [Shi'a, Shi'i] and Sunni Muslims; procedure to convert to Shi'ism; the situation and treatment of Shia Muslims by society and authorities, particularly in major cities (Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, Hyderabad) ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 December 2020
Accessed Date:
11 January 2021
Title:
Ahmadis [Ahmadiyyas, Ahmadiyas, Ahmadiyyahs, Ahmaddiyas], including the distinction between the Lahore group and others, their treatment by society and the authorities; state protection (2018–December 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 December 2020
Accessed Date:
20 January 2021
Title:
Canada and Pakistan: The Ontario Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha'at Islam (Lahore) (OAAII(L)) organization in Toronto and how they are different from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Canada (AMJ Canada [AMJC]) in Maple; the registration process ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 December 2020
Accessed Date:
11 January 2021
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
The Ahmadzai Waziri [Ahmedzai Waziri; Ahmadzai Wazir; Ahmedzai Wazir] tribe, including distinguishing features, locations, religion, cultural practices and occupations; treatment by authorities, including ability to obtain identity ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 June 2018
Accessed Date:
29 January 2019
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic reports of Pakistan
Code:
CERD/C/PAK/CO/21-23
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
3 October 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
The Magsi ethnic group, including inter-tribal violence, particularly between the Magsi Mohammadani and the Mughlani Magsi (2014 - February 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 February 2016
Accessed Date:
24 January 2018
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined twenty-first to twenty-third periodic reports of Pakistan. Addendum: Information received from Pakistan on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CERD/C/PAK/CO/21-23/Add.1
Date of Document:
19 December 2018
Accessed Date:
21 January 2019
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Whether the Penal Code, Passport Act 1974 and Emigration Ordinance 1979 contain provisions regarding returning nationals who are failed refugee claimants; amendments, if any, to the Passport Act and Emigration Ordinance; interview and detention of...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 June 2003
Accessed Date:
20 March 2013
Title:
Airport security screening procedures for passengers departing on international flights, including whether authorities verify if a passenger is wanted by the police (2015-December 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 January 2018
Accessed Date:
29 January 2018
Title:
Entrenching Impunity, Denying Redress: The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
September 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan: Displacement associated with Conflict and Violence
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
April 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Pakistan: Situation of Afghan refugees.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
May 2020
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
“No Room to Bargain” Unfair and Abusive Labor Practices in Pakistan.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
15 January 2020
Title:
Situation of Ahmadis, including treatment by society and authorities; legal status and rights with regards to political participation, education, and employment (2013-January 2016)
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-01837 and published as 12.6 in the Pakistan National Documentation Package, dated 29 April 2016.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 January 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 March 2020:
Title:
Pakistan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
7 February 2020
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html
Accessed Date:
24 February 2020
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Background information, including actors of protection, and internal relocation. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2017
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622258/Pakistan_-_Background_-_CPIN_-_v2_0__June_2017_.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
Pakistan. World Report 2020: Events of 2019.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2020/country-chapters/pakistan
Accessed Date:
22 January 2020
Title:
State of human rights in 2018
Source:
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Date of Document:
March 2019
URL:
http://hrcp-web.org/publication/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/State-of-Human-Rights-in-2018-English.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan. Freedom in the World 2019.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2019/pakistan
Accessed Date:
13 January 2020
Title:
Pakistani Kashmir. Freedom in the World 2019.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2019/pakistani-kashmir
Accessed Date:
13 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Pakistan.html
Accessed Date:
13 January 2020
Title:
Country Information Note. Pakistan: Documentation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/860952/Pakistan-Documentation-CPIN-v1.0_Jan_2020_.pdf
Accessed Date:
27 February 2020
Title:
Pakistan. Trans Legal Mapping Report: Recognition before the law.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
November 2017
Author:
Zhan Chiam; Sandra Duffy; Matilda González Gil
URL:
https://www.ilga.org/downloads/ILGA_Trans_Legal_Mapping_Report_2017_ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 January 2019
Title:
Pakistan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
October 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Country-Reports-on-Terrorism-2018-FINAL.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2019, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/INCSR-Vol-INCSR-Vol.-I-1.pdf
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-trafficking-in-persons-report-2/pakistan/
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan. 2019 Crime and Safety Report: Islamabad.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
3 July 2019
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/c81d1030-3fe2-462b-9b99-162b4ac170e9
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan. 2019 Crime and Safety Report: Karachi.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
2 July 2019
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/c7a11be1-363b-41ce-859e-16293e0930c3
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan. 2019 Crime and Safety Report: Lahore.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
2 July 2019
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/3a778e6b-0245-41bf-b1c4-1629afe3cf0d
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan. 2019 Crime and Safety Report: Peshawar.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
3 July 2019
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Content/Report/a67a8993-215c-4e46-bcf1-162b29487362
Accessed Date:
14 January 2020
Title:
Tehrik-E Taliban Pakistan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
October 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Country-Reports-on-Terrorism-2018-FINAL.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan. Freedom on the Net 2019.
Author:
Adrian Shahbaz; Allie Funk
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/country/pakistan/freedom-net/2019
Accessed Date:
15 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan. Truth vs Misinformation: The Collective Push Back. South Asia Press Freedom Report 2018-2019.
Source:
International Federation of Journalists
Date of Document:
3 May 2019
URL:
https://www.ifj.org/fileadmin/user_upload/IFJ_SAPFR_-_PAKISTAN.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
21 June 2019
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-report-on-international-religious-freedom/pakistan/
Accessed Date:
15 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2019 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2019
URL:
https://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/Tier1_PAKISTAN_2019.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan: situation au Waziristan du Nord et à Karachi
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
2 May 2016
Author:
Anne-Kathrin Glatz
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/assets/herkunftslaender/mittlerer-osten-zentralasien/pakistan/160502-pak-nordwasiristan-und-karachi-f.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Land disputes. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2017
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/586244/Pakistan_land_disputes_January_2017.pdf
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Interfaith marriage. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2016
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/566238/PAK_Interfaith_marriage.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 January 2016
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; family law; honour crimes; identity documents; international guidance note; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; religion; social services; statistics
Title:
Fact Finding Mission Report: Pakistan. Revised Edition.
Source:
Austria. Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum.
Date of Document:
January 2016
URL:
http://www.bfa.gv.at/files/berichte/BFA_pakistan_ffm_report_2015_09_v2.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2019
Title:
Validity period of a Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC), particularly whether CNICs for adults and seniors can have a date of issue where the day and month of the date of issue are different from the day and month of the expiration date
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 October 2013
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=454837&pls=1
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Title:
Requirements for a minor to obtain a visa to travel to Canada with only one parent; whether minors need official permission of the non-travelling parent (2013-June 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 June 2015
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455952
Accessed Date:
11 January 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Requirements for a minor to obtain a US non-immigrant visa in Pakistan when travelling with only one parent, in particular, whether they need the official permission of the non-travelling parent
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 April 2015
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=455842
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Table D.9 Pakistan Case Study. Review of National Identity Programs.
Source:
International Telecommunication Union
URL:
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/dfs/Documents/09_2016/Review%20of%20National%20Identity%20Programs.pdf
Accessed Date:
23 January 2018
Title:
Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Election for President of 30 July 2013.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
URL:
http://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2279/
Accessed Date:
8 January 2014
Keywords:
election; political activities; political organizations
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Pakistan.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
https://www.bti-project.org/fileadmin/files/BTI/Downloads/Reports/2018/pdf/BTI_2018_Pakistan.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2019
Title:
Forced Marriages and Inheritance Deprivation: A Research Study Exploring Substantive Structural Gaps in the Implementation of Prevention of Anti-Women Practices (Criminal Law Amendment) Act, 2011 in Six Select Districts of Pakistan
Date of Document:
October 2014
URL:
http://www.af.org.pk/pub_files/1416847483.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Title:
Basic profile of child marriage in Pakistan
Date of Document:
March 2016
Author:
Chata Malé; Quentin Wodon.
URL:
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/718601467991928379/pdf/106415-BRI-ADD-SERIES-PUBLIC-HNP-Brief-Pakistan-Profile-CM.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Silent No More. Transgender Community in Pakistan. A Research Study.
Source:
Aurat Foundation; Information Services Foundation
Date of Document:
September 2016
URL:
http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PBAAF371.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2018
Title:
The Islamic State in Pakistan
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
21 September 2016
URL:
http://www.usip.org/publications/2016/09/21/the-islamic-state-in-pakistan
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan. Freedom of the Press 2017.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2017/pakistan
Accessed Date:
12 January 2018
Title:
Minorities under attack: Faith-based discrimination and violence in Pakistan
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
24 February 2015
URL:
https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/20150224_pakistan_religious_minorities_report_en_web.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of expression; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; penal system; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; social services
Title:
Report of the fact finding mission to Pakistan. A Beleaguered Community: On the rising persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Source:
Asian Human Rights Commission; International Human Rights Committee
URL:
http://stopthepersecution.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/IHRC%202015%20Report.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; children; crime; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; identity documents; labour; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; rejected asylum seekers; religion; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Forced Marriages and Forced Conversions in the Christian Community of Pakistan
Source:
Movement for Solidarity and Peace
Date of Document:
April 2014
URL:
http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/msp/pages/162/attachments/original/1396724215/MSP_Report_-_Forced_Marriages_and_Conversions_of_Christian_Women_in_Pakistan.pdf?1396724215
Accessed Date:
7 January 2015
Keywords:
abduction; children; crime; domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Pakistan: Solutions to displacement elusive for both new and protracted IDPs
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
24 August 2015
URL:
http://www.internal-displacement.org/sites/default/files/publications/documents/201508-ap-pakistan-overview-en.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; children; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gangs; gender equality; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; map; minorities; organized crime; religion; social services; statistics
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Medical and healthcare provisions. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/924029/Pakistan_Medical_and_Healthcare_issues_-_CPIN.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
BTI 2020 Country Report — Pakistan
URL:
https://www.bti-project.org/en/reports/country-report-PAK.html
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Raising the Stakes in Jammu and Kashmir. Asia Report N°310.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
5 August 2020
URL:
https://d2071andvip0wj.cloudfront.net/310-raising-the-stakes.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan: accès à des soins psychiatriques
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
27 June 2018
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Mittlerer_Osten_-_Zentralasien/Pakistan/180627-pak-soins-psychiatriques-f.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Citizens—COVID 19—Government: Pakistan's Response
Source:
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Date of Document:
July 2020
URL:
http://hrcp-web.org/hrcpweb/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Citizens-Covid19-Government-Pakistans-response-EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
The socio-economic situation, including ethnic and religious composition, and access to employment, housing, education, and social and health services, particularly in Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, and Hyderabad (2018–December 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 December 2020
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458270
Accessed Date:
20 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan : certificat de mariage Nikah Nama et accès à la citoyenneté pakistanaise pour les réfugiés afghans nés au Pakistan
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
20 November 2019
URL:
https://www.refugeecouncil.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikationen/Herkunftslaenderberichte/Mittlerer_Osten_-_Zentralasien/Pakistan/191120-pak-nikah-nama-certificat-f.pdf
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan : Les changements politiques intervenus depuis les élections législatives de juillet 2018
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 March 2019
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1903_pak_elections_legislatives_et_suites.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan: Le Parti national awami (Awami National Party, ANP) et les assassinats de ses militants dans le district de Swat
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 February 2019
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1902_pak_anp_swat.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Political parties and affiliation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/941548/Pakistan-Political_parties_and_affiliation-CPIN.v1.0_December_2020_.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women review of Pakistan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
10 January 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/01/10/submission-committee-elimination-discrimination-against-women-review-pakistan
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
A Qualitative Study of Identification of the Influencers and Drivers of Child Marriage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Editor:
Qamar Naseem; Sana Ahmad
URL:
https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A-Qualitative-Study-of-Identification-of-the-Influencers-and-Drivers-of-Child-Marriage-in-Pakistan.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Pakistan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Date of Document:
10 March 2020
URL:
https://undocs.org/en/CEDAW/C/PAK/CO/5
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan: Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018. A Briefing Paper.
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
March 2020
URL:
https://www.icj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Pakistan-Transgender-Advocacy-Analysis-brief-2020-ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Islamic State's Khorasan Province. Country Reports on Terrorism 2019.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
24 June 2020
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2019/#ISIS-K
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi [Lashkar-i-Jhangvi] (LeJ), Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan [Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan] (SSP) / Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat [Ahl-e-Sunnat-wal-Jamaat] (ASWJ) and Tehrik-i-Taliban [Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Taliban, Pakistani Taliban...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 December 2020
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458262
Accessed Date:
11 January 2021
Title:
Individuals and institutions, including polio vaccine workers, targeted by militant groups; individuals who are considered 'high profile' targets (2018–December 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 December 2020
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458263
Accessed Date:
20 January 2021
Title:
Fatwas, particularly those issued against members of the Shia [Shi'a, Shi'i, Shiite] community, including their scope (local or national), format (written or verbal) and dissemination, as well as links between the centres issuing them; ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 January 2021
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458276
Accessed Date:
21 January 2021
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Actors of protection. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2020
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/897074/Pakistan-Actors_of_protection-CPIN-v1.0_June_2020_.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Murders, Harassment and Assault: The Tough Wages of Journalism in Pakistan. Pakistan Press Freedom Report 2019-2020.
Date of Document:
May 2020
URL:
https://www.mediasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Pakistan-Press-Freedom-Report-2020.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Suffocation of the Faithful: The Persecution of Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan and the Rise of International Extremism
Source:
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Date of Document:
July 2020
URL:
https://appg-ahmadiyyamuslim.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/report.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan : La communauté ahmadie
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 September 2019
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/1909_pak_ahmadis.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan: Ahmadis Kept Off Minorities Commission
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 May 2020
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/05/08/pakistan-ahmadis-kept-minorities-commission
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Thematic report on article 16, Muslim family law and Muslim women's rights in Pakistan
Date of Document:
February 2020
URL:
https://www.musawah.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Pakistan-Thematic-Report-2020-CEDAW75.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Differences between Shia [Shi'a, Shi'i] and Sunni Muslims; procedure to convert to Shi'ism; the situation and treatment of Shia Muslims by society and authorities, particularly in major cities (Lahore, Islamabad, Karachi, Hyderabad) ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 December 2020
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458255
Accessed Date:
11 January 2021
Title:
Ahmadis [Ahmadiyyas, Ahmadiyas, Ahmadiyyahs, Ahmaddiyas], including the distinction between the Lahore group and others, their treatment by society and the authorities; state protection (2018–December 2020)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 December 2020
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458264
Accessed Date:
20 January 2021
Title:
Canada and Pakistan: The Ontario Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha'at Islam (Lahore) (OAAII(L)) organization in Toronto and how they are different from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Canada (AMJ Canada [AMJC]) in Maple; the registration process ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 December 2020
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=458254
Accessed Date:
11 January 2021
Title:
Entrenching Impunity, Denying Redress: The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
September 2020
URL:
https://www.icj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Pakistan-Commission-of-Inquiry-Advocacy-Analysis-Brief-2020-ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan: Displacement associated with Conflict and Violence
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
April 2020
URL:
https://www.internal-displacement.org/sites/default/files/2020-04/GRID%202020%20-%20Conflict%20Figure%20Analysis%20-%20PAKISTAN.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Pakistan: Situation of Afghan refugees.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
May 2020
URL:
https://coi.easo.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/05_2020_EASO_COI_Report_Pakistan_Situation_of_Afghan_Refugees.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 January 2021
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