Two of our main ways of raising issues for Pakistani Minorities in Parliament are Early Day Motions and Parliamentary Questions.
Early Day Motions
Forced Conversions and Forced Marriages of Minority Girls and Women Kidnapping of girls and young women in Pakistan ​Forced conversions, and forced marriages of minor Christian and Hindu girls in Pakistan Kidnapping and forced conversions in Pakistan ​Thirteen year old Christian girl abducted, converted and married to a 43 year old man Maira Shahbaz and child abduction, forced conversion and marriage in Pakistan ​​Blasphemy Laws Death of Priyantha Diyawadanage ​Blasphemy laws in Pakistan Blasphemy Charges against Christian nurses Mariyam Lal and Mehwish Arooj Death sentence for Junaid Hafeez in Pakistan Unconditional asylum for Asia Bibi Mrs Shagufta Kausar and Mr Shafqat Emmanuel Threats to Asia Bibi and the Supreme Court Justices ​Education Issues Single National Curriculum in Pakistan ​Edwardes College, Peshawar Edwardes College, Peshawar Terrorist attack on a church in Quetta, Pakistan (23/4/18) ​Attacks on Minorities’ Properties Attack on Christians in the Methodist Church in Pakistan Attack on Joseph Colony, Lahore, Pakistan ​​Civil Society Civil Society in Pakistan ​Legal Framework Pakistan Protection of Religious Minorities Bill National Commission for Minority Rights
Parliamentary Questions
Freedom of Religion or Belief https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-11-12/73949 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-24/hl1393 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-24/hl1395 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-24/6393 ​UK Trade Deals Importance of FoRB during any trade deal with Pakistan ​​Forced Conversions and Forced Marriages https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-07/119572​Forced conversions and forced marriages of minority girls in Pakistan Independent, impartial and prompt investigation of allegations of (1) forced conversion, and (2) forced marriage, of girls belonging to minority communities Funding, and other support, given to protect girls from minority communities in Pakistan from the practice of forced conversion and forced marriage Maira Shahbaz https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-07-22/38237 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-30/hl1590 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-25/7266 ​​Blasphemy Laws https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-28/23218 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-11/534 https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-05-11/535 ​​Education Issues Use of UK Aid to help train teachers to respect for the minorities Non-Muslim pupils required to receive Islamic religious education ​Single National Curriculum and promoting inclusivity and non-discrimination in its education system Single National Curriculum and discrimination against individuals on the grounds of their religion or belief Single National Curriculum and the impact on the education of religious minorities in Pakistan Refusal of the Water and Sanitation Agency in Pakistan to close a sewage plant next to the New Covenant School System in the Punjab Return of nationalized minority colleges and schools Return of Edwardes College