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31 January 2017
PAKISTAN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Pakistan. Province Map.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
16 January 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Title:
Pakistan. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Pakistan: Security Situation
Source:
European Asylum Support Office
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
12 January 2017
Accessed Date:
12 January 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Fear of the Taliban and Other Militant Groups.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
16 July 2014
Accessed Date:
13 August 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; country overview; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; internal displacement; international guidance note; legal system; map; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; statistics
Title:
Pakistan. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
25 November 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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:
14 May 2012
Accessed Date:
24 January 2013
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; country overview; crime; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; honour crimes; humanitarian situation; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; international guidance note; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; political activities; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Prison Conditions.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Religious Freedom.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
14 July 2014
Accessed Date:
13 August 2014
Keywords:
abduction; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; international guidance note; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; minorities; police efficacy; religion; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Pakistan: situation au Waziristan du Nord et à Karachi
Source:
Organisation suisse d'aide aux réfugiés
Date of Document:
2 May 2016
Author:
Anne-Kathrin Glatz
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Background Information, Including Actors of Protection, and Internal Relocation.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
6 October 2014
Accessed Date:
6 January 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; citizenship; conflict; corruption; country overview; disappeared persons; document fraud; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; honour crimes; identity documents; international guidance note; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; minorities; nationality; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; statistics; torture; tribes/clans; witness protection
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2016
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
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Ahmadis.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Shia Muslims.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2015
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; international guidance note; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; religion
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Christians and Christian converts.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Security and humanitarian situation.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2015
Accessed Date:
21 January 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; children; conflict; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender-based violence; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; international guidance note; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Women Fearing Gender-Based Harm/Violence.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Interfaith Marriage.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2016
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:
Country policy and information note. Pakistan: Hazaras. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan: COI Compilation
Source:
Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research and Documentation. Austrian Red Cross.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan: KP and FATA - Areas of Displacement, Hosting and Returns as of 31 October 2016
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Date of Document:
19 November 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 April 2016
Accessed Date:
27 April 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; citizenship; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; Internet; labour; legal system; minorities; penal system; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political prisoners; race; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture; warrants
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report: Pakistan Country Overview
Source:
European Asylum Support Office
Date of Document:
August 2015
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; citizenship; corruption; country overview; disappeared persons; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender-based violence; government corruption; honour crimes; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Pakistan. Amnesty International Report 2015/16 The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan. World Report 2017: Events of 2016.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
12 January 2017
Title:
State of Human Rights in 2015
Source:
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Pakistan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
26 December 2012
Accessed Date:
6 January 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; domestic violence; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; legal system; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; religion; sexual violence; social services; torture
Title:
Pakistan. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistani Kashmir. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant. Initial reports of States parties due in 2011: Pakistan.
Date of Document:
24 November 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Fact Finding Mission Report: Pakistan
Source:
Austria. Austrian Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum.
Date of Document:
September 2015
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; citizenship; corruption; country overview; disappeared persons; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender-based violence; government corruption; honour crimes; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture
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
Keywords:
identity documents
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
Keywords:
children; citizenship; identity documents; legislation
Title:
Smart National Identity Card (SNIC), including content, validity period, purpose, and associated benefits
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Keywords:
children; citizenship; identity documents; social services
Title:
Type of facility a victim of crime would use for medical treatment; medical documentation for victims of crime; procedures for treating victims of crime at private hospitals; the circumstances under which a private hospital would be required...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 November 2006
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; medical records; police/security forces; social services
Title:
Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs), including overseas identity cards; issuance procedures
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 January 2013
Accessed Date:
25 January 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents; statistics
Title:
Fraudulent documents, including non-identity documents such as academic qualification documents, travel documents, First Information Requests (FIRs), land ownership titles and newspaper articles, and identity documents including identity cards ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 January 2015
Accessed Date:
28 January 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; corruption; document fraud; identity documents; institutional efficacy; legislation; nationality; organized crime; police corruption; religion; trafficking in persons
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
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents; legislation
Title:
Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
children; citizenship; legislation; marriage
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
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation; marriage
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
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Keywords:
identity documents
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
Keywords:
identity documents
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
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Whether a former Pakistani citizen can reacquire his/her Pakistani citizenship, including requirements and procedures
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 November 2012
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Pakistan Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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
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
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Conflict Alert: Protecting Pakistan's Threatened Democracy
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
21 August 2014
Accessed Date:
2 October 2014
Keywords:
election; freedom of assembly; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Islamist politics in South Asia after the Arab Spring: Parties and their proxies working with - and against - the state. Working Paper.
Source:
Brookings Institution
Date of Document:
August 2015
Author:
Matthew J. Nelson
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; corruption; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion; social services; tribes/clans
Title:
Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Election for President (President) of 30 July 2013.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
8 January 2014
Keywords:
election; political activities; political organizations
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 — Pakistan Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Election for National Assembly of 11 May 2013.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
8 January 2014
Keywords:
election; political activities; political organizations
Title:
Pakistan-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 114th Congress
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
14 May 2015
Author:
K. Alan Kronstadt
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan. National Assembly.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
9 November 2015
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
country overview; election; legislation; political opposition; political organizations; statistics
Title:
Treatment by state and non-state agents of individuals and political factions that support or advocate for Kashmiri independence
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 November 2011
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; disappeared persons; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; state surveillance; torture
Title:
Pakistan Political Unrest: In Brief
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
3 September 2014
Author:
K. Alan Kronstadt; Samir Kumar
Accessed Date:
6 January 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; corruption; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
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
Keywords:
abduction; children; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; femicide; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons; tribes/clans
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
Keywords:
family law; gender equality; legal system; legislation; marriage; religion
Title:
The Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Act, 2006 and its implementation
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 November 2011
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
abduction; crime; gender equality; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence
Title:
Concluding Observations on the Fourth Periodic Report of Pakistan, Adopted by the Committee at Its Fifty-Fourth Session (11 February–1 March 2013)
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Date of Document:
27 March 2013
Accessed Date:
8 January 2014
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; human rights activists; internal displacement; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; political activities; social services; trafficking in persons
Title:
Domestic violence, including effectiveness of the Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Act, 2006; state protection and services available to victims
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 January 2013
Accessed Date:
30 January 2013
Keywords:
domestic violence; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Recourse and resources available to female victims of violence in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore (2013-December 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 January 2015
Accessed Date:
28 January 2015
Keywords:
domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; police efficacy; sexual violence; social services
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
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; legislation; marriage; political organizations; social services
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
Keywords:
family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; legal system; legislation; marriage
Title:
Pakistan. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
28 November 2014
Keywords:
abduction; children; citizenship; disappeared persons; domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; human rights activists; identity documents; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; political activities; religion; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
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
Keywords:
children; gender equality; legal system; marriage; religion; statistics
Title:
Women, Violence and Conflict in Pakistan. Asia Report N°265.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
8 April 2015
Accessed Date:
4 May 2015
Keywords:
conflict; domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; legislation; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; social services; statistics
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:
Gender-Based Violence: The Impact of Qisas and Diyat in Criminal Law and Recommendations for Enhancing Justice
Source:
Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Centre
Author:
Farida Shaheed; Dina Arham
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; femicide; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; legislation; marriage; social services
Title:
Pakistan. Children and Armed Conflict. Report of the Secretary-General
Code:
A/70/836–S/2016/360
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
20 April 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan: Prosecute Rampant ‘Honor' Killings
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 June 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Pakistan. Addendum. Information provided by Pakistan in follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CEDAW/C/PAK/CO/4/Add.1
Date of Document:
29 March 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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:
Basic profile of child marriage in Pakistan
Date of Document:
March 2016
Author:
Chata Malé and Quentin Wodon.
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Treatment of sexual minorities by society, government and religious authorities; recourse and protection available (2009-2011)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 November 2011
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; religion; sexual minorities
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
Keywords:
legislation; police corruption; police efficacy; sexual minorities; social services
Title:
Pakistan. State-Sponsored Homophobia. A World Survey of Sexual Orientation Laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Violence against Lesbians, Bisexual Women, and Trans People in Pakistan
Source:
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Date of Document:
August 2015
Accessed Date:
6 January 2016
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; gender equality; gender-based violence; legal system; legislation; marriage; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture
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
Keywords:
crime; domestic violence; extralegal executions/killings; gender-based violence; police efficacy; sexual minorities; sexual violence
Title:
Pakistan: Attacks on Transgender Women Surge
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 August 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; minorities; religion
Title:
Pakistan. Fiche thématique. 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 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2016, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan (Tier 2 Watch List). Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan's Jihadist Heartland: Southern Punjab. Asia Report No 279.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
30 May 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Policing Urban Violence in Pakistan. Asia Report No. 255.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
23 January 2014
Accessed Date:
6 January 2015
Keywords:
conflict; corruption; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gangs; institutional efficacy; legislation; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion
Title:
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), including structure, objectives, areas of operations, militant activities and targets; state response (2011-June 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 July 2014
Accessed Date:
28 January 2015
Keywords:
extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; police/security forces; transport infrastructure
Title:
Pakistan: Islamabad. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 March 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan: Karachi. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 March 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Revisiting Counter-Terrorism Strategies in Pakistan: Opportunities and Pitfalls. Asia Report No. 271.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
22 July 2015
Accessed Date:
6 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; minorities; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; state surveillance
Title:
Information on state efforts to combat and prosecute members of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, including through special courts (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:
The Islamic State in Pakistan
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
2 September 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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:
An Appraisal of Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
3 August 2015
Author:
Parvez Tariq and Mehwish Rani
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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
Keywords:
military service; police/security forces; social services
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
First Information Reports (FIRs) (2010-December 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 January 2014
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Keywords:
police corruption; police efficacy; police report
Title:
Pakistan: Alternative Report to the Human Rights Committee
Source:
World Organization Against Torture. Justice Project Pakistan.
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Rules and Orders of the High Court of Lahore. Chapter 1: Practice in the Trial of Criminal Cases. Chapter 10: Bail and Recognizance. Chapter 15: Proceedings Against Absconders and Record of Evidence in Their Absence.
Volume:
Volume III: Instructions to Criminal Courts
Source:
Pakistan. Lahore High Court.
Accessed Date:
6 January 2015
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; penal system; warrants
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
Keywords:
crime; police/security forces; warrants
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
Keywords:
crime; identity documents; police corruption; police efficacy; police report
Title:
Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act VIII of 2011)
Accessed Date:
8 January 2014
Keywords:
legislation; police/security forces; warrants
Title:
Pakistan: Military Trials for Civilians. Questions and Answers.
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
April 2015
Accessed Date:
6 January 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; crime; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; legal system; legislation; police/security forces
Title:
Military Injustice in Pakistan: A Briefing Paper
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
June 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan. WJP Rule of Law Index 2016.
Source:
World Justice Project
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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
Keywords:
corruption; extralegal executions/killings; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; torture
Title:
Police Organisations in Pakistan
Source:
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan; Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative
Date of Document:
May 2010
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
corruption; country overview; drug trafficking; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender equality; gender-based violence; identity documents; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; religion; transport infrastructure
Title:
Position Paper: Police System of Pakistan
Source:
Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT)
Date of Document:
October 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
“What Are You Doing Here?”: Police Abuses Against Afghans in Pakistan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
18 November 2015
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; state surveillance
Title:
“This Crooked System”: Police Abuse and Reform in Pakistan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
25 September 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
13 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan passes Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill: “The youth of this country is losing hope”
Source:
Index on Censorship
Date of Document:
11 August 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan. Freedom on the Net 2016.
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan: Upgraded Censorship. Enemies of the Internet Report 2014.
Source:
Reporters Without Borders
Date of Document:
12 March 2014
Accessed Date:
22 September 2014
Keywords:
freedom of expression; institutional efficacy; Internet; legislation; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities; state surveillance
Title:
Growing sounds of silence. 2015: the year of censorship in Pakistan.
Date of Document:
1 February 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 - An Analysis
Date of Document:
20 June 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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
Keywords:
children; gender equality; legal system; religion; social services
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
Keywords:
freedom of expression; legal system; legislation; religion
Title:
Pakistan. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
2 May 2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
How Shia Muslims differ from Sunnis; treatment of Shias, particularly in Lahore and Multan; government response to violence against Shia Muslims (2010-December 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 January 2014
Accessed Date:
29 January 2014
Keywords:
conflict; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; judicial efficacy; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; religion; statistics
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)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 January 2016
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
Keywords:
election; extralegal executions/killings; identity documents; legislation; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; statistics
Title:
“We are the Walking Dead.” Killings of Shia Hazaras in Balochistan, Pakistan.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
June 2014
Accessed Date:
14 July 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; map; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; race; religion; statistics
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
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents; minorities; religion
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
Keywords:
abduction; children; crime; freedom of expression; gender equality; honour crimes; identity documents; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; marriage; minorities; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; trafficking in persons
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
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents; minorities; religion
Title:
Minorities Under Attack: Faith-Based Discrimination And Violence In Pakistan
Source:
International Federation for Human Rights
Date of Document:
24 February 2015
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:
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
Keywords:
crime; institutional efficacy; minorities; police efficacy; religion
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
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; children; crime; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; gender equality; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; marriage; minorities; police corruption; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; torture
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
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; marriage; religion
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
Keywords:
legal system; legislation; marriage; religion
Title:
Pakistan. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2016
Editor:
Shikha Dilawri et al.
Accessed Date:
13 January 2017
Title:
Blasphemy laws, including legislation, implementation, related violence, reform, and state response (2008-2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 January 2013
Accessed Date:
30 January 2013
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; freedom of expression; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; religion; torture
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
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:
Searching for Security: The Rising Marginalization of Religious Communities in Pakistan
Source:
Minority Rights Group International; Sustainable Development Policy Institute
Date of Document:
December 2014
Author:
Shikha Dilawri et al.
Accessed Date:
7 January 2015
Keywords:
abduction; children; citizenship; corruption; crime; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of movement; gender equality; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; minorities; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; statistics; torture
Title:
Religious Minorities. Muslim Sects. Maps of Pakistan. Pakistan: Challenges and Perspectives.
Source:
Austria. Federal Ministry of the Interior.
Date of Document:
October 2014
Page Numbers:
72-136, 138-174, 195-196
Author:
Martina Schrott; Michael Izady
Accessed Date:
7 January 2015
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; family law; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender-based violence; identity documents; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; minorities; nationality; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics; tribes/clans
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:
Violence Towards Religious Communities in Pakistan. Factsheet: Pakistan.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
August 2014
Accessed Date:
7 January 2015
Keywords:
abduction; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; religion; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
‘Everything Has Shattered' – Rising Levels of Violence Against Shi'a in Pakistan
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
June 2014
Accessed Date:
7 January 2015
Keywords:
disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; human rights activists; identity documents; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; religion; social services; statistics
Title:
Forced Marriages and Forced Conversions in the Christian Community of Pakistan
Source:
Movement for Solidarity and Peace
Date of Document:
April 2014
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:
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:
Timeline: Violations against Christians
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
24 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:
November 2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
State of Religious Freedom in Pakistan
Author:
Rabia Mehmood; Syed Hassan Akbar
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Maps of Pakistan. Pakistan: Challenges and Perspectives.
Source:
Austria. Federal Ministry of the Interior.
Date of Document:
October 2014
Page Numbers:
191-194, 197-198
Accessed Date:
7 January 2015
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; map; statistics; tribes/clans
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
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
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; crime; document fraud; freedom of movement; identity documents; legal system; legislation; rejected asylum seekers
Title:
Pakistan. Global Overview 2014: People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence.
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council; Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
14 May 2014
Accessed Date:
8 January 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; labour; police/security forces; statistics; tribes/clans
Title:
Internal displacement in north-west Pakistan: Hosting areas and areas of origin
Source:
Norwegian Refugee Council; Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
26 August 2015
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
humanitarian situation; internal displacement; map; statistics
Title:
Pakistan: Solutions to Displacement Elusive For Both New And Protracted IDPS
Source:
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Date of Document:
24 August 2015
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:
India-Pakistan: The new victims of an old border dispute
Source:
Integrated Regional Information Networks
Date of Document:
25 February 2015
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
conflict; extralegal executions/killings; internal displacement; statistics
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
Pakistan. The 2016 ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 29 April 2016:
Title:
Pakistan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
6 January 2016
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pk.html
Accessed Date:
21 January 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Pakistan. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
20 September 2013
URL:
http://www.axl.cefan.ulaval.ca/asie/pakistan.htm
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; legislation; statistics
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Prison Conditions.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
16 July 2014
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/331639/Pakistan_CIG.Prison_conditions.2014.07.16.v1.0.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 August 2014
Keywords:
children; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; international guidance note; legal system; minorities; penal system; police/security forces complaints; religion; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
16 July 2014
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/331641/Pakistan_CIG.SOGI.2014.07.16.v1.0.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 August 2014
Keywords:
freedom of movement; international guidance note; legislation; map; police corruption; police/security forces; sexual minorities
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Land Disputes.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
16 July 2014
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/331645/Pakistan_CIG.Land_disputes.2014.07.16.v1.0.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 August 2014
Keywords:
corruption; crime; freedom of movement; gender equality; international guidance note; legislation; minorities; organized crime; religion
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Ahmadis.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2015
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406527/CIG_-_Pakistan_-_Ahmadis_-_v1_0_-_2015-02_23.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; international guidance note; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; religion
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Christians and Christian converts.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2015
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/402591/cig_pakistan_christians_and_christian_converts_v1_0_2015_02_10.pdf
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; international guidance note; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; religion
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Women Fearing Gender-Based Harm/Violence.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2015
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/482906/PAK_Women_Gender_based_harm_and_violence.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 January 2016
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; international guidance note; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; political activities; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Pakistan. Amnesty International Report 2014/15: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/asia-and-the-pacific/pakistan/report-pakistan/
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; femicide; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; minorities; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; religion; torture
Title:
Pakistan. World Report 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2016/country-chapters/pakistan
Accessed Date:
27 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; disappeared persons; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; honour crimes; human rights activists; Internet; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; police corruption; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual violence; social services; torture
Title:
State of Human Rights in 2013
Source:
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Date of Document:
March 2014
Page Numbers:
i-vii; 1-216
URL:
http://www.hrcp-web.org/hrcpweb/report14/AR2013.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 June 2014
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; conflict; corruption; crime; disappeared persons; domestic violence; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; government corruption; honour crimes; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; identity documents; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legislation; marriage; minorities; organized crime; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture
Title:
Pakistan. Freedom in the World 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/Pakistan
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; corruption; disappeared persons; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; government corruption; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; minorities; police/security forces; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture
Title:
Pakistani Kashmir. Freedom in the World 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/pakistani-kashmir
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; citizenship; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; identity documents; institutional efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture
Title:
Pakistan Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/fees/reciprocity-by-country/PK.html
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2014 — Pakistan Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
http://www.bti-project.de/uploads/tx_itao_download/BTI_2014_Pakistan.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 January 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; children; conflict; country overview; crime; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gangs; gender equality; government corruption; humanitarian situation; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legislation; minorities; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion
Title:
Pakistan. Children and Armed Conflict. Report of the Secretary-General
Code:
A/69/926–S/2015/409
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
5 June 2015
URL:
http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/69/926&Lang=E&Area=UNDOC
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
children; conflict; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; sexual violence
Title:
Pakistan. State-Sponsored Homophobia. A World Survey of Laws: Criminalisation, Protection and Recognition of Same-Sex Love.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
1 May 2015
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Paoli Itaborahy
URL:
http://old.ilga.org/Statehomophobia/ILGA_State_Sponsored_Homophobia_2015.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 January 2016
Keywords:
legislation; sexual minorities
Title:
Pakistan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2014.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/239408.htm
Accessed Date:
6 January 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; legal system; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces; state surveillance
Title:
Pakistan. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2015, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2015/vol1/239002.htm
Accessed Date:
6 January 2016
Keywords:
corruption; crime; drug trafficking; government corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; organized crime; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; social services
Title:
Pakistan (Tier 2 Watch List). Trafficking in Persons Report 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2015/243508.htm
Accessed Date:
6 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; crime; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; organized crime; police corruption; police/security forces; sexual violence; trafficking in persons; witness protection
Title:
Pakistan: Islamabad. 2015 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
12 April 2015
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/Pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=17417
Accessed Date:
6 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; corruption; crime; extremist/terrorist organizations; humanitarian situation; police corruption; police efficacy; sexual violence; transport infrastructure
Title:
Pakistan: Karachi. 2015 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 April 2015
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=17436
Accessed Date:
6 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; corruption; crime; drug trafficking; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; gangs; minorities; organized crime; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; transport infrastructure
Title:
Pakistan. WJP Rule of Law Index 2015.
Source:
World Justice Project
URL:
http://worldjusticeproject.org/sites/default/files/roli_2015_0.pdf
Keywords:
corruption; crime; government corruption; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces
Title:
Pakistan. Freedom of the Press 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2015/pakistan
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; Internet; legal system; legislation; political activities; political opposition; religion
Title:
Pakistan. Freedom on the Net 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2015/pakistan
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; femicide; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; Internet; legal system; legislation; minorities; political opposition; religion; state surveillance
Title:
Pakistan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2014.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
14 October 2015
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2014&dlid=238504
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; identity documents; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Pakistan. USCIRF Annual Report 2015.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
30 April 2015
URL:
http://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/USCIRF%20Annual%20Report%202015%20%282%29.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; crime; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; gender-based violence; judicial efficacy; legal system; marriage; minorities; religion; sexual violence; statistics; witness protection
Title:
Pakistan. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2015: Events of 2014.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
2 July 2015
URL:
http://minorityrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/MRG-state-of-the-worlds-minorities-2015-FULL-TEXT.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; internal displacement; legislation; marriage; minorities; political opposition; religion; statistics
Title:
Pakistan. The 2015 ITUC Global Rights Index. The World's Worst Countries for Workers.
Source:
International Trade Union Confederation
URL:
http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/survey_global_rights_index_2015_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; labour; minorities; police/security forces
Title:
Pakistan. Central Intelligence Agency.
URL:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/pakistan_pol_2002.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Title:
Humanitarian Bulletin: Pakistan. Issue 36. October - November 2015.
Source:
United Nations. Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
30 November 2015
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/humanitarian_bulletin_oct_nov_2015.pdf
Accessed Date:
21 January 2016
Keywords:
children; conflict; gender-based violence; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; map; police/security forces; social services; statistics
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Pakistan: Women.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
16 July 2014
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/5476e6be4.pdf
Accessed Date:
13 August 2014
Keywords:
conflict; crime; domestic violence; family law; femicide; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; international guidance note; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; marriage; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services; torture
Title:
Languages of Pakistan. Eighteenth Edition.
Source:
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Editor:
M. Paul Lewis et al.
Publisher:
Dallas, Texas: SIL International
URL:
http://www.ethnologue.com/country/PK/languages
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
country overview; ethnic and national groups; religion; statistics
Title:
Corporate Report: Pakistan - in-year update July 2015
Source:
United Kingdom. Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Date of Document:
15 July 2015
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pakistan-in-year-update-july-2015/pakistan-in-year-update-july-2015
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; country overview; domestic violence; election; extremist/terrorist organizations; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Human Rights and Democracy Report 2014 - Section XII: Human Rights in Countries of Concern - Pakistan.
Source:
United Kingdom. Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Date of Document:
12 March 2015
URL:
http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/298547/421028_en.html
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; crime; election; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; honour crimes; Internet; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; penal system; religion; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Description of and procedures to obtain a driver's license
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 November 2009
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=452615
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Parliament's Role in Pakistan's Democratic Transition. Asia Report No. 249.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
18 September 2013
URL:
http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/south-asia/pakistan/249-parliaments-role-in-pakistans-democratic-transition.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 January 2014
Keywords:
armed groups; election; gender equality; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; state surveillance
Title:
Analysis: Understanding Karachi's Killing Fields
Source:
United Nations. Integrated Regional Information Networks.
Date of Document:
24 September 2012
URL:
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96383/Analysis-Understanding-Karachi-s-killing-fields
Accessed Date:
24 January 2013
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; crime; drug trafficking; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; gangs; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; organized crime; political opposition; political organizations; political prisoners; religion
Title:
Election Reform in Pakistan. Asia Briefing No. 137.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
16 August 2012
URL:
http://www.crisisgroup.org/~/media/Files/asia/south-asia/pakistan/b137-election-reform-in-pakistan.pdf
Accessed Date:
24 January 2013
Keywords:
corruption; election; gender equality; identity documents; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; map; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 44 of the Convention.
Date of Document:
4 May 2015
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRC%2FC%2FPAK%2F5&Lang=en
Accessed Date:
4 January 2016
Keywords:
children; conflict; family law; honour crimes; institutional efficacy; legislation; marriage; political organizations; sexual violence; social services
Title:
The Metrics of Terrorism and Instability in Pakistan
Source:
Centre for Strategic and International Studies
Date of Document:
18 December 2014
Author:
Anthony H. Cordesman; Sam Khazai
URL:
http://csis.org/files/publication/141218_Pakistan_Terror_Metrics.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 January 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; statistics
Title:
Security. Taliban. Pakistan: Challenges and Perspectives.
Source:
Austria. Federal Ministry of the Interior.
Date of Document:
October 2014
Page Numbers:
46-60, 62-71
Author:
Samina Ahmed; Mona Kanwal Sheikh
URL:
http://www.ecoi.net/file_upload/1729_1413272641_pakistan.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 January 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; election; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; institutional efficacy; internal displacement; police/security forces; political activities; political opposition; political organizations; religion; torture; tribes/clans
Title:
Pakistan: Security Situation
Source:
Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons
Date of Document:
16 June 2015
URL:
http://www.cgra.be/sites/default/files/rapporten/coi_focus_pakistan._security_situation_2.pdf
Accessed Date:
6 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; corruption; country overview; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; minorities; police corruption; police/security forces; political opposition; political organizations; religion; statistics
Title:
Code of Criminal Procedure (Act V of 1898), Chapter V. B and VI. A
URL:
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/48511ea62.html
Accessed Date:
13 November 2012
Keywords:
legislation; police/security forces; warrants
Title:
Pakistan. Torture in Asia: The Law and Practice.
Source:
Redress; Asian Legal Resource Centre; Asian Human Rights Commission
Date of Document:
October 2013
URL:
http://www.redress.org/downloads/publications/A2_V12%20N3_online.pdf
Accessed Date:
7 January 2015
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; children; country overview; crime; disappeared persons; extremist/terrorist organizations; government corruption; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; legal system; legislation; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political activities; rejected asylum seekers; religion; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Police Corruption and Accountability. Police Reform in Balochistan. Stabilizing Pakistan Through Police Reform.
Source:
Asia Society. Independent Commission on Pakistan Police Reform.
Date of Document:
July 2012
Page Numbers:
24-28; 113-119
Author:
Afzal Ali Shigri; Siraj Ahmed
URL:
http://asiasociety.org/files/pdf/as_pakistan_police_reform.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 January 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; conflict; corruption; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; legislation; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political opposition; statistics; tribes/clans
Title:
Pakistan. Attacks on the Press in 2013.
Source:
Committee to Protect Journalists
URL:
http://cpj.org/2014/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2013-pakistan.php
Accessed Date:
27 March 2014
Keywords:
election; ethnic and national groups; freedom of the press; minorities; police efficacy
Title:
State of Media in Pakistan: Key Trends of 2014 and Main Challenges in 2015.
Date of Document:
25 January 2015
URL:
http://www.fnpk.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/State-Of-Media-In-Pakistan-Key-Findings-of-2014-And-Challenges-in-2015-PDF.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; conflict; crime; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; Internet; legal system; legislation; religion; statistics
Title:
Pakistan: New Cybercrime Bill Threatens the Rights to Privacy and Free Expression
Source:
Article 19; Digital Rights Foundation
Date of Document:
20 April 2015
URL:
https://www.article19.org/data/files/medialibrary/37932/Pakistan-Cybercrime-Joint-Analysis_20-April-2015.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
crime; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; Internet; legal system; legislation; religion; state surveillance
Title:
Threats, Deaths, Impunity – No Hope for Free Press in Pakistan
Source:
Inter Press Service
Date of Document:
20 February 2015
URL:
http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/02/threats-deaths-impunity-no-hope-for-free-press-in-pakistan/
Accessed Date:
8 January 2016
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; crime; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; legal system; legislation; religion
Title:
Pakistan's Christian Minority Faces Life on Increasingly Dangerous Margins
Source:
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Date of Document:
23 September 2013
Author:
Abubakar Siddique; Majeed Babar
URL:
http://www.rferl.org/content/pakistan-christians-bombing-violence/25115000.html
Accessed Date:
7 January 2015
Keywords:
extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; labour; legislation; minorities; religion; social services; statistics
Title:
IDPs Under Pressure in Pakistan's Sindh Province
Source:
United Nations. Integrated Regional Information Networks.
Date of Document:
4 August 2014
URL:
http://www.irinnews.org/report/100443/idps-under-pressure-in-pakistan-s-sindh-province
Accessed Date:
8 January 2015
Keywords:
armed groups; conflict; extremist/terrorist organizations; humanitarian situation; internal displacement; social services; statistics
Title:
Pakistan. Province Map.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
16 January 2016
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/pak215_pakistan_provice_map_v1_a0_20160113.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Pakistan: Security Situation
Source:
European Asylum Support Office
Date of Document:
July 2016
URL:
https://coi.easo.europa.eu/administration/easo/PLib/BZ0416539ENN.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan: situation au Waziristan du Nord et à Karachi
Source:
Organisation suisse d'aide aux réfugiés
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/publications/pakistan-country-policy-and-information-notes
Accessed Date:
30 January 2017
Title:
Country policy and information note. Pakistan: Hazaras. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2016
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/567077/PAK_Hazaras.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan: COI Compilation
Source:
Austrian Centre for Country of Origin & Asylum Research and Documentation. Austrian Red Cross.
Date of Document:
August 2016
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/57c6e9ee4.html
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan: KP and FATA - Areas of Displacement, Hosting and Returns as of 31 October 2016
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Date of Document:
19 November 2016
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/map/pakistan/pakistan-kp-and-fata-areas-displacement-hosting-and-returns-31-october-2016
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan. Administrative Divisions.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
27 October 2015
URL:
http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/pak805_badakshan_earthquake_a0_v1_20151027.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 40 of the Covenant. Initial reports of States parties due in 2011: Pakistan.
Date of Document:
24 November 2015
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CCPR%2fC%2fPAK%2f1&Lang=en
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456867&pls=1
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan-U.S. Relations: Issues for the 114th Congress
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
14 May 2015
Author:
K. Alan Kronstadt
URL:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R44034.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRC/C/PAK/CO/5&Lang=Fr
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the fourth periodic report of Pakistan. Addendum. Information provided by Pakistan in follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CEDAW/C/PAK/CO/4/Add.1
Date of Document:
29 March 2016
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CEDAW%2fC%2fPAK%2fCO%2f4%2fAdd.1&Lang=en
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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
URL:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289530949_Assessment_Of_Medico-Legal_Systems_Responsiveness_To_Gender_Based_Violence_In_Pakistan
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Basic profile of child marriage in Pakistan
Date of Document:
March 2016
Author:
Chata Malé and Quentin Wodon.
URL:
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/718601467991928379/Basic-profile-of-child-marriage-in-Pakistan
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan: Attacks on Transgender Women Surge
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
22 August 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/08/22/pakistan-attacks-transgender-women-surge
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan. Fiche thématique. Les acteurs du conflit armé au Baloutchistan.
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
8 September 2015
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/didr_fiche_thematique_pakistan_les_acteurs_du_conflit_arme_au_baloutchistan_ofpra_08.09.2015.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan's Jihadist Heartland: Southern Punjab. Asia Report No 279.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
30 May 2016
URL:
https://www.crisisgroup.org/asia/south-asia/pakistan/pakistan%E2%80%99s-jihadist-heartland-southern-punjab
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Information on state efforts to combat and prosecute members of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, including through special courts (2015-December 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 January 2017
URL:
http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456857&pls=1
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
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456603
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
The Islamic State in Pakistan
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
2 September 2016
URL:
http://www.usip.org/publications/2016/09/21/the-islamic-state-in-pakistan
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Terrorism Prosecution in Pakistan
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
25 April 2016
Author:
Syed Manzar Abbas Zaidi
URL:
http://www.usip.org/publications/2016/04/25/terrorism-prosecution-in-pakistan
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
An Appraisal of Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Act
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
3 August 2015
Author:
Parvez Tariq and Mehwish Rani
URL:
http://www.usip.org/publications/2015/08/03/appraisal-of-pakistan-s-anti-terrorism-act
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan: Alternative Report to the Human Rights Committee
Source:
World Organization Against Torture. Justice Project Pakistan.
Date of Document:
July 2016
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/57921ae44.html
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Military Injustice in Pakistan: A Briefing Paper
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
June 2016
URL:
https://www.icj.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Pakistan-Military-court-Advocacy-Analysis-brief-2016-ENG.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Position Paper: Police System of Pakistan
Source:
Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT)
Date of Document:
October 2015
URL:
http://www.pildat.org/Publications/publication/ROLR/PoliceSystemofPakistan_PositionPaper.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
“This Crooked System”: Police Abuse and Reform in Pakistan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
25 September 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/09/25/crooked-system/police-abuse-and-reform-pakistan
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan passes Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill: “The youth of this country is losing hope”
Source:
Index on Censorship
Date of Document:
11 August 2016
URL:
https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2016/08/pakistan-passes-prevention-of-electronic-crimes-bill-the-youth-of-this-country-is-losing-hope/
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Growing sounds of silence. 2015: the year of censorship in Pakistan.
Date of Document:
1 February 2016
URL:
http://www.fnpk.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/FN-Annual-Report-2016.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 - An Analysis
Date of Document:
20 June 2016
URL:
https://www.article19.org/resources.php/resource/38416/en/pakistan:-an-analysis-of-the-prevention-of-electronic-crimes-bill-2015
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Pakistan : rituels et pratiques chiites
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
26 April 2016
URL:
https://www.ofpra.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/atoms/files/160426_pak_rituels_chiites.pdf
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Freedom of religion or belief in Pakistan
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
12 October 2016
URL:
http://stories.minorityrights.org/pakistan-religious-minorities/chapter/chapter-2/
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
The situation of Christians in Pakistan
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
24 October 2016
URL:
http://stories.minorityrights.org/pakistan-religious-minorities/chapter/chapter-3/
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Timeline: Violations against Christians
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
24 October 2016
URL:
http://stories.minorityrights.org/pakistan-religious-minorities/timeline/violations-against-christians/
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
Lahore Easter attack: The aftermath for Christians
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
24 October 2016
URL:
http://stories.minorityrights.org/pakistan-religious-minorities/chapter/chapter-4/
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
On Trial: The Implementation of Pakistan's Blasphemy Laws
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
Date of Document:
November 2015
URL:
http://www.icj.org/pakistan-trials-for-blasphemy-fundamentally-unfair-icj-new-report/
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
State of Religious Freedom in Pakistan
Author:
Rabia Mehmood; Syed Hassan Akbar
URL:
http://jinnah-institute.org/state-of-religious-freedom-in-pakistan/
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
Title:
“As Good as Dead.” The Impact of the Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
21 December 2016
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/asa33/5136/2016/en/
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
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456858
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
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
URL:
http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CERD/C/PAK/CO/21-23&Lang=En
Accessed Date:
11 January 2017
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