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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:
17 January 2024
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
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:
23 December 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
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:
2022 Floods Response Plan: Pakistan
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
4 October 2022
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
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:
Land disputes, including land rights, land registration, requirements, and procedures to transfer land, official land transfer documents, and fraud in land transfers; land inheritance, including legislation (2020–December 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 January 2023
Accessed Date:
24 January 2024
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Pakistan
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
25 January 2022
Accessed Date:
19 January 2023
Title:
Pakistan. BTI 2022 Country Report.
Date of Document:
February 2022
Accessed Date:
19 January 2023
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:
Pakistan : Cartes administratives
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
June 2021
Accessed Date:
27 January 2023
Title:
Pakistan : Situation sécuritaire dans le district de Khyber de 2015 à 2020
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
4 February 2021
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan : La situation sécuritaire dans la ville Mingora (district de Swat), de 2010 à 2015
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 March 2020
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
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:
Keeping Kashmir on the Radar
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
27 January 2022
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan. Humanitarian Response Plan 2021.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
April 2021
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
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. COI Focus.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
28 February 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan: accès à des soins psychiatriques
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
27 June 2018
Accessed Date:
22 January 2021
Title:
Pakistan, Year 2020: Update on incidents according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
25 March 2021
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
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:
COI Query Response. Pakistan: Situation in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
6 October 2020
Accessed Date:
3 March 2021
Title:
COI Query Response. Pakistan: Political developments, human rights and security situation in Pakistan-administered Kashmir between 1 July 2020-31 July 2021.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
13 August 2021
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan: Situation sécuritaire en Azad Jammu & Kashmir (Cachemire sous administration pakistanaise) depuis 2014
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 August 2021
Accessed Date:
19 January 2023
Title:
Pakistan. Civic Freedom Monitor.
Source:
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Date of Document:
31 August 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
22 April 2024
Accessed Date:
18 May 2024
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. Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
27 March 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Pakistan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/42/PAK/3
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
16 November 2022
Accessed Date:
19 January 2023
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
Title:
Pakistan. The State of Conflict and Violence in Asia 2021: Identity-based Conflict and Extremism.
Source:
The Asia Foundation
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan. Freedom in the World 2023.
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
Pakistani Kashmir. Freedom in the World 2023.
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21: Pakistan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/42/PAK/1
Date of Document:
10 November 2022
Accessed Date:
19 January 2023
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:
Pakistan. World Report 2024: Events of 2023.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2024
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/PAK/2
Source:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date of Document:
15 November 2022
Accessed Date:
19 January 2023
Title:
Initial report submitted by Pakistan under article 35 of the Convention, due in 2013
Date of Document:
15 October 2020
Accessed Date:
19 January 2023
Title:
A burning emergency: Extreme heat and the right to health in Pakistan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
4 June 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
State of Human Rights in 2022
Source:
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan: Human Rights Assessments. In Focus.
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
19 September 2022
Author:
K. Alan Kronstadt
Accessed Date:
19 January 2023
Title:
Floods in Pakistan: Rethinking the humanitarian role
Source:
United Kingdom Humanitarian Innovation Hub; Sustainable Development Policy Institute
Date of Document:
November 2022
Author:
Paul Harvey et al.
Accessed Date:
19 January 2023
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain machine readable passport (MRP) [also known as multi-biometric electronic passport] within the country and from abroad, including Canada (2017-March 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 August 2022
Accessed Date:
24 January 2023
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 (amended 2000)
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
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 2024
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
Title:
Pakistan : L'enregistrement à l'état civil des enfants pakistanais nés à l'étranger
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
12 November 2020
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan : L'exhérédation et l'identité légale d'un enfant
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
25 October 2018
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Birth registration in Pakistan. Increasing birth registration for children of marginalised groups in Pakistan.
Source:
Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development
Date of Document:
16 July 2021
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan Citizenship Rules, 1952
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan: Passport, ordinary. Issued 2017, 2013, 2009, 2004.
Source:
European Union. General Secretariat of the Council. Public Register of Authentic identity and travel Documents Online.
Date of Document:
4 October 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
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:
21 January 2022
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:
About parliament; Election results. Pakistan: National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
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 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan : Le Parti national du Baloutchistan (Awami)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
31 July 2020
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan : Le Parti national populaire du Jammu-Cachemire (Jammu Kashmir National Awami Party, JKNAP)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 April 2020
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan : Le Mouvement de protection pachtoune (Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, PTM)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
9 July 2020
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan : Le Mouvement national baloutche (Baloch National Movement, BNM)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
9 August 2021
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan: Political situation, including events related the removal and arrest of Prime Minister Imran Khan; political parties and alliances (2020–December 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 January 2024
Accessed Date:
24 January 2024
Title:
About parliament; Election results. Pakistan: Senate.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
Title:
Pakistan: End crackdown on political opposition
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
23 May 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Pakistan: Honour killings, including prevalence in different regions of the country and the profiles of individuals targeted; police and state response; state protection for survivors and surviving family members (2021-December 2023)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 January 2024
Accessed Date:
24 January 2024
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:
COI Query Response. Pakistan: Survivors of Sexual Violence in Punjab Province.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
17 April 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
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:
30 January 2023
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:
Pakistan: Les femmes adultères
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
5 March 2018
Accessed Date:
15 January 2019
Title:
Tracking Numbers: State of Violence against Women and Children. District Wise Analysis in Punjab & Islamabad.
Source:
Sustainable Social Development Organization; Center for Research, Development and Communication
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
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 5.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2022
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
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:
Pakistan : Les mutilations sexuelles féminines (MSF)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
18 December 2019
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2013
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
The Balochistan Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2014
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Domestic Violence against Women (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2021
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
COI Query Response. Pakistan: Honour killings in Pakistan, with a focus on Punjab province.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
17 January 2022
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
Title:
Abductions, Forced Conversions, and Forced Marriages of Religious Minority Women and Girls in Pakistan
Source:
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Pakistani Minorities
Date of Document:
September 2021
Author:
Morris Johns et al.
Editor:
Morris Johns et al.
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
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:
Pakistan. Our Identities Under Arrest: A global overview on the enforcement of laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual acts between adults and diverse gender expressions.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
15 December 2021
Editor:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
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:
Pakistan : L'accès à la pornographie gay sur Internet
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 August 2021
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
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 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2022
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
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 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
27 February 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2022, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
Title:
Pakistan: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2023.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan : Situation des musiciens traditionnels dans la province de Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2007-2021)
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
17 May 2021
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Source:
Stanford University. Mapping Militant Organizations.
Date of Document:
January 2022
Accessed Date:
31 January 2023
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:
OSAC Country Security Report. Pakistan.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
31 May 2022
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
Source:
Stanford University. Mapping Militant Organizations.
Date of Document:
July 2018
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
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:
30 January 2023
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 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
27 February 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
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 : Les exactions commises par l'armée pakistanaise lors de son intervention dans le Sud-Waziristan en 2009
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
13 May 2019
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Violence and Stigma Experienced by Health-Care Workers in COVID-19 Health-Care Facilities in Three Cities of Pakistan
Source:
International Committee of the Red Cross et al.
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
The Evolution and Potential Resurgence of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
May 2021
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2021.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
27 February 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
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:
Pakistan. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2022, Volume II: Money Laundering.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2022
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
Title:
Broken, but Not Defeated: An Examination of State-led Operations against Islamic State Khorasan in Afghanistan and Pakistan (2015-2018)
Source:
United States Military Academy. Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.
Date of Document:
March 2020
Author:
Amira Jadoon; Andrew Mines
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan : Manifestations à la suite de la mort de Naeem Butt
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 April 2020
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's Latest Merger Enables Renewed Attacks in Pakistan
Source:
Jamestown Foundation. Terrorism Monitor.
Date of Document:
13 August 2021
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan's TTP Mounts Comeback Under New Leadership of Wali Mehsud
Source:
Jamestown Foundation. Terrorism Monitor.
Date of Document:
18 June 2021
Author:
Syed Fazl-e-Haider
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Re-Emergence of Proxy Terrorism. Annual Security Report, Pakistan: 2022.
Source:
Center for Research and Security Studies
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan's Deal with Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan: Statesmanship or Surrender?
Source:
Jamestown Foundation. Terrorism Monitor.
Date of Document:
19 November 2021
Author:
Syed Fazl-e-Haider
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
The crime and security situation in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, and Hyderabad, including in the context of the resurgence of the Taliban and the Islamic State Khorasan Province [ISIS-K, IS-K, Daesh-Khorasan] (ISKP) in Afghanistan in 2021 ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 December 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
A New Era of Sectarian Violence in Pakistan. Asia Report N°327.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
5 September 2022
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
Title:
Pakistan : L'opération Zarb-e Azb (2014–2017) : Focus sur la situation des personnes déplacées et les exactions imputées à l'armée pakistanaise
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
10 February 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
The Pakistani Taliban Test Ties between Islamabad and Kabul
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
29 March 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
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:
Pakistan: First Information Reports (FIRs), including content, appearance, security features, and samples; requirements and procedure for registering an FIR; requirements and procedure for obtaining a copy of an FIR, including from abroad or through ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 August 2023
Accessed Date:
24 January 2024
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:
Prison conditions, including the treatment of prisoners (2020–December 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 December 2022
Accessed Date:
26 January 2023
Title:
Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act VIII of 2011)
Accessed Date:
8 January 2014
Title:
Pakistan : Le lynchage de deux jeunes frères à Sialkot en août 2010 et les poursuites judiciaires
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
24 October 2019
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
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:
Pakistan. 1860 (amended 2012). Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860)
Accessed Date:
23 January 2023
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
Title:
Sworn affidavits, including appearance and security features, requirements and procedure to obtain, and cost (2018–March 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 April 2021
Accessed Date:
31 January 2022
Title:
Fatwas issued in Karachi and the validity period of fatwas to be acted upon in other cities of Pakistan, particularly in Sialkot (2016–September 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 September 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Criminalising Torture in Pakistan: The Need for an Effective Legal Framework
Source:
World Organisation Against Torture; Justice Project Pakistan
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan: Supreme Court judgement bans executions of prisoners with mental disabilities
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
10 February 2021
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
Title:
“A Nightmare for Everyone': The Health Crisis in Pakistan's Prisons
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
March 2023
Accessed Date:
22 January 2024
Title:
Extending Constitutional Rights to Pakistan's Tribal Areas
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
April 2021
Author:
Umar Mahmood Khan et al.
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
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:
Living Ghosts: The Devastating Impact of Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 November 2021
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
Title:
Braving the Storm: Enforced disappearances and the right to protest in Pakistan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
11 August 2022
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Police corruption and procedures to file a complaint against the police, including authorities responsible for receiving complaints; instances of successful complaint cases; police record keeping procedures (2019–December 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 December 2022
Accessed Date:
24 January 2023
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 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan: Investigate police for use of excessive force against protesting doctors
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
6 September 2021
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
Title:
Ability of the police and non-state actors to track and trace individuals across Pakistan; databases and methods of tracking individuals, including the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), tenant registration system an...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 December 2022
Accessed Date:
24 January 2023
Title:
Escalating violence – no respite for beleaguered journalists of Pakistan. Freedom Network Pakistan Press Freedom Report 2022-2023.
Date of Document:
May 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
RSF and partner hail Pakistani law protecting journalists but call for improvements
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
12 July 2021
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan. Freedom on the Net 2023.
Editor:
Adrian Shahbaz et al.
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Press Freedom and Media Safety in Pakistan 2022-2023. Restricted content, physical violence and loaded rhetoric: Political polarisation and uncertainty impinges media safety in Pakistan.
Source:
Pakistan Press Foundation
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan: Broken Promises. Pressure & Polarisation: Powering Media Resistance in South Asia. South Asia Press Freedom Report 2022-23.
Source:
Fédération
internationale des journalistes
Date of Document:
May 2023
Editor:
Jane Worthington; Laxmi Murthy
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
State of Privacy Pakistan
Source:
Privacy International
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
15 January 2020
Title:
Threats to press freedom in Pakistan from hastily adopted laws ahead of elections
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
11 August 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 May 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
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 Annual Report 2023.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan: Situation and treatment of Shia [Shi'a, Shi'i, Shiite] Muslims, including Hazaras and Turi, particularly in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad, and Hyderabad; treatment of Shia returnees and whether they are targeted for extortion and blasphem...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 January 2024
Accessed Date:
24 January 2024
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:
Bangladesh, Canada, Pakistan, United Kingdom, and United States: Registration procedures and documents of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ) [Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMC), Ahmadiyya Muslim Association (AMA)] in Canada, the US and the UK, particularly for Ahmadis of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin (2020–December 2022)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 January 2023
Accessed Date:
24 January 2023
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:
Pakistan: Mob Attacks Christian Settlement
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 August 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
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:
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
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. World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
September 2022
Accessed Date:
30 January 2023
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:
Violence and Discrimination against Women of Religious Minority Backgrounds in Pakistan
Source:
Institute of Development Studies. Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development.
Date of Document:
November 2020
Author:
Maryam Kanwer et al.
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
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:
Violations of the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Pakistan: A Briefing Paper
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
29 July 2021
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan : Implication d'organisations chiites dans des affaires de meurtre dans les années 2010
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
7 October 2019
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan : La situation sécuritaire des chiites depuis juillet 2017 et le processus de paix interconfessionnel dans le district de Kurram
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
19 May 2020
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan : La caste des Muslim Shaikh / Sheikh ou Mussalis / Mussallis
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
14 May 2020
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan : Violences sectaires dans les districts de Gujrat et de Sialkot (province du Pendjab) entre 2010 et 2020
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
5 March 2021
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
Title:
Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961
Accessed Date:
15 January 2020
Title:
Pakistan: Religious Minorities
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
March 2021
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
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:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Shia Muslims. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2021
Accessed Date:
20 January 2022
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Christians and Christian converts. Version 4.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2021
Accessed Date:
21 January 2022
Title:
Pakistan : situation des chrétiennes et chrétiens
Source:
Swiss Refugee Council
Date of Document:
8 June 2018
Accessed Date:
15 January 2020
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:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Ahmadis. Version 5.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
September 2021
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
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
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
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Hazaras. Version 3.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2022
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
Title:
Combined twenty-fourth to twenty-sixth periodic reports submitted by Pakistan under article 9 of the Convention, due in 2020
Date of Document:
10 February 2022
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
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:
Requirements and procedures to request a letter from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to confirm entry and exit of Pakistan (2016–October 2021)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 October 2021
Accessed Date:
25 January 2022
Title:
Adapting on the move: Climate change displacement and local solutions in coastal communities in Sindh, Pakistan
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council. Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.
Date of Document:
May 2021
Author:
Dorien Braam; Love Kumar
Accessed Date:
24 January 2022
Title:
EUAA Country of Origin Information Report. Pakistan: Situation of Afghan refugees.
Source:
European Union. European Union Agency for Asylum.
Date of Document:
May 2022
Accessed Date:
20 January 2023
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Pakistan: Internal relocation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
Title:
Pakistan: Government must stop harassing and arbitrarily arresting Afghans seeking refuge
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
20 June 2023
Accessed Date:
23 January 2024
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 January 2024:
Title:
Pakistan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2022.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 March 2023
URL:
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/pakistan
Accessed Date:
28 July 2023
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