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IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Information on the Pakistan Awami Tehreek
(PAT), other than that provided by the attachments, could not be
found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
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 attached the list of
additional sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
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1994 to present.
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1993.
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On-line search of media sources.