No information on whether the All Pakistan Doctors' Association [Pakistan Doctors Association] passed a resolution on 2 June 1999 stating they would not allow an Ahmadi doctor to work with them could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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 sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly. 1999, 25 February 2000.

Dawn Wire Service (DWS) [Karachi]. Weekly. 5 June 1999-26 June 1999.

IRB Databases.

LEXIS/NEXIS.

Pakistan Link [LA]. Weekly. May 1999-December 1999.

PTC Authorised Yellow Pages: Islamabad 1994. 1994.

PTC Authorised Yellow Pages: National Directory 1996-97.

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Internet sites, including:

Jamal's Yellow Pages of Pakistan.

Search engines, including:

Dogpile

Fast

Google

Metacrawler

Non-documentary sources:

Unsuccessful attempts to contact

- the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam, Canada, in Cumberland, Ontario.

- the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Lahore, Lahore.