Religious Minorities In Pakistan

EDM number 349 in 2001-02, proposed by Andy King on 05/11/2001.

That this House welcomes the recent security measures implemented by General Musharraf in Pakistan, which have helped to curb Islamic extremist activities and to protect the religious minorities; notes however, that in some ways the plight of religious minorities in Pakistan remains acute; notes in particular the case of Ayub Masih, a Christian who has been sentenced to death under the blasphemy laws for allegedly defiling the prophet Mohammad; notes that the decision appears to have come about as the result of extremist pressure; further notes that the evidence against Mr Masih is flimsy in the extreme, and seems to be connected to a local land dispute; is gravely concerned at the case earlier this year of 14 year old Naira Nadia, a Christian girl who was kidnapped and raped by Islamic extremists after talking to her schoolfriends about Jesus; notes that Naira Nadia has still not been returned to her family despite an order from the High Court; calls upon the Pakistani Government to ensure that Naira is returned to her family and that measures are implemented to make it more difficult for a similar incident to occur in the future; and further calls upon the Pakistani Government to release unconditionally Ayub Masih, to reform the blasphemy laws to protect against obvious abuses, and to introduce key reforms to improve the status of religious minorities in Pakistan.

This motion has been signed by a total of 121 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andy King	05/11/2001	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Proposed
Win Griffiths	05/11/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	05/11/2001	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	06/11/2001	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	06/11/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mark Field	06/11/2001	Cities of London & Westminster	Conservative	Signed
Michael Connarty	06/11/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	06/11/2001	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	06/11/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	06/11/2001	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
David Amess	07/11/2001	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Ian Davidson	07/11/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nick Harvey	07/11/2001	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	07/11/2001	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Steve Webb	08/11/2001	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Teddy Taylor	08/11/2001	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/11/2001	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	08/11/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	08/11/2001	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	08/11/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	08/11/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	08/11/2001	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/11/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	12/11/2001	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	12/11/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	12/11/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	13/11/2001	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
John Gummer	13/11/2001	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/11/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	13/11/2001	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	13/11/2001	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	13/11/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/11/2001	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	13/11/2001	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	13/11/2001	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	13/11/2001	North Down	UUP	Signed
Bill Tynan	14/11/2001	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
David Drew	14/11/2001	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Caton	14/11/2001	Gower	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	14/11/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	14/11/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Peter Lilley	14/11/2001	Hitchin & Harpenden	Conservative	Signed
David Hamilton	15/11/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	15/11/2001	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Jim Dobbin	15/11/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Cummings	15/11/2001	Easington	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	15/11/2001	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	15/11/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	15/11/2001	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Edward Leigh	16/11/2001	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Joe Benton	16/11/2001	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	16/11/2001	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	19/11/2001	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	20/11/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/11/2001	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Selous	28/11/2001	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	29/11/2001	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Andrew Mitchell	29/11/2001	Sutton Coldfield	Conservative	Signed
Henry Bellingham	29/11/2001	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	30/11/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oona King	03/12/2001	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	05/12/2001	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Peter Robinson	06/12/2001	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
David Stewart	10/12/2001	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	11/12/2001	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	17/12/2001	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	17/12/2001	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Hunter	18/12/2001	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
John Cryer	08/01/2002	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	10/01/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	10/01/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	14/01/2002	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Ann McKechin	17/01/2002	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	29/01/2002	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
John Wilkinson	04/02/2002	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Alistair Burt	06/02/2002	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Mercer	07/02/2002	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Tony Clarke	13/02/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/02/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Hugo Swire	14/02/2002	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	25/02/2002	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	25/02/2002	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	25/02/2002	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris Ruane	25/02/2002	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	25/02/2002	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Jim Knight	28/02/2002	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	01/03/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	05/03/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Hurst	06/03/2002	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	06/03/2002	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Edward Davey	20/03/2002	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	20/03/2002	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Shepherd	21/03/2002	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Joyce Quin	03/04/2002	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	10/04/2002	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Boris Johnson	10/04/2002	Henley	Conservative	Signed
Alan Meale	10/04/2002	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	11/04/2002	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
David Lidington	11/04/2002	Aylesbury	Conservative	Signed
Kate Hoey	15/04/2002	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Brian Mawhinney	18/04/2002	North West Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Iris Robinson	24/04/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Norman Lamb	24/04/2002	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	24/04/2002	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Roger Berry	30/04/2002	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	30/04/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	08/05/2002	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	09/05/2002	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	14/05/2002	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	14/05/2002	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Angela Watkinson	15/05/2002	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Virginia Bottomley	22/05/2002	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Simon Thomas	22/05/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Norman Baker	10/06/2002	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Valerie Davey	10/06/2002	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Hugh Robertson	10/06/2002	Faversham & Mid Kent	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	13/06/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	24/06/2002	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	03/07/2002	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Martyn Jones	17/07/2002	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	18/07/2002	South Ribble	Labour	Signed

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