Pakistan’s poverty rate is some 39%. It has weak governance and political institutions. It has been gripped by violent extremism—it is No. 22 in the league table—and its levels of persecution of Christians and other ethnic minorities put it at the top of the league table for that. It is affected by climate change and natural disasters, which have exacerbated migration and food insecurity. Will the Leader of the House agree to a debate on the important issue of the shrinking space for civil society in Pakistan?
Business of the House
Business question from
Jim Shannon
(Democratic Unionist Party)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 17 November 2016.
It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.
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2016-17
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