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Guidance: Pakistan: country policy and information notes

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Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 10 July 2024 +show all updates
  1. 10 July 2024 Country policy and information note: political parties and affiliation, Pakistan, May 2023 is out of date and has been removed.
  2. 10 July 2024 Updated the note on healthcare and medical treatment.
  3. 9 July 2024 Updated the note on internal relocation, following the October 2023 review commissioned by the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information. Removed the note on documentation, which was out of date.
  4. 10 May 2024 Accessible version of 'Country policy and information note: Christians and Christian converts, Pakistan, April 2024' added.
  5. 8 May 2024 Published an updated version of the 'Country policy and information note: Christian and Christian converts'.
  6. 24 May 2023 Updated section 2.1.2 in guidance on actors of protection.
  7. 12 May 2023 Information on political parties and affiliation updated.
  8. 14 April 2023 Removed outdated background information, updated the information on actors of protection and added new information on internal relocation.
  9. 18 November 2022 Updated the information on women fearing gender-based violence.
  10. 25 July 2022 Updated information on Hazaras.
  11. 21 June 2022 Removed out of date country policy and information note: prison conditions, Pakistan, November 2019.
  12. 13 April 2022 Updated the information on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, Pakistan, to April 2022.
  13. 4 November 2021 Removed this out of date CPIN: security and humanitarian situation, including fear of militant groups, Pakistan, January 2019.
  14. 7 September 2021 Updated note on Ahmadis published.
  15. 13 July 2021 Information on Shia Muslims updated.
  16. 23 February 2021 Updated the information on Christians and Christian converts, Pakistan to February 2021 version.
  17. 7 December 2020 Added country policy and information note: political parties and affiliation, Pakistan, December 2020.
  18. 5 October 2020 Updated the information on medical and healthcare provisions.
  19. 2 July 2020 Added Country policy and information note: Pakistan: actors of protection and Country policy and information note: Pakistan background information, including internal relocation documents.
  20. 18 March 2020 Updated 'Documentation' country policy and information note for Pakistan.
  21. 17 February 2020 Added the Country policy and information note: Women fearing gender-based violence, Pakistan, February 2020.
  22. 27 January 2020 Attached 'Country and policy note: documentation, Pakistan, January 2020'.
  23. 25 November 2019 Updated Hazaras guidance document