Pakistan: Information on a 3 April 1995 demonstration or rally of Kashmiri groups, possibly including the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples National Party (JKPNP), in Islamabad, and on any resulting arrests or violence
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1997 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PAK26598.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Pakistan: Information on a 3 April 1995 demonstration or rally of Kashmiri groups, possibly including the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples National Party (JKPNP), in Islamabad, and on any resulting arrests or violence, 1 March 1997, PAK26598.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab386.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
However, for information on a planned 11-13 April 1995 meeting of "Kashmiri separatists and representatives of Azad Kashmir" (Reuters 1 Apr. 1995) that was to have taken place in Katmandu, Nepal, please refer to the attachments.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Reuters. 1 April 1995. BC Cycle. "Kashmiris Say India Opposes Gathering in Nepal." (NEXIS)
Attachments
Agence France Presse (AFP). 1 April 1995. "Nepal Refuses to Host Meeting of Kashmiri Leaders: JKLF." (NEXIS)
The Associated Press (AP). 1 April 1995. Ashok Sharma. "India Sabotages Kashmiri Leaders' Meet, Says a Rebel Leader." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 1 April 1995. BC Cycle. "Kashmiris Say India Opposes Gathering in Nepal." (NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report 1996. 1995.
Asiaweek [Hong Kong]. Weekly. March-June 1995.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1995. 1996.
DIRB. November 1996. Human Rights Information Package: Pakistan.
_____. April 1996. Contextual Information Package: Pakistan.
_____. Indexed Media Review [Ottawa]. Weekly. January-June 1995.
_____. "Pakistan" country file. February-June 1995.
_____. "Pakistan: Amnesty International" country file. February-November 1995.
The Herald [Karachi]. Monthly. April 1995, July 1995, August 1995.
Human Rights Watch World Report 1996. 1995.
Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. Monthly. January-June 1995.
Office of Asylum Affairs (OAA), Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, United States. June 1996. Pakistan: Profile of Asylum Claims and Country Conditions.
On-line search of media sources.