Early day motion · EDM 1753 · 20 Apr 2021
Blasphemy charges against Christian nurses Mariyum Lal and Newsh Arooj in Pakistan
Tabled by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
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The motion
That this House notes the blasphemy charges against Christian nurses Mariyum Lal and Newsh Arooj in Pakistan; highlights the attack on those nurses by members of staff within Faisalabad Civil Hospital in central Punjab; notes that the nurses were instructed to remove wall hangings and have been subjected to a personal vendetta; calls on the Punjab Police and Government to protect those nurses and further to drop the erroneous allegations; and further calls on the Foreign Secretary to intervene and apply diplomatic pressure to secure the well being of those two nurses and their families.
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