Document #1174741
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No mention of an organization called Shia
Welfare Society (SWS) 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
Profiles of Asylum Claims and Country Conditions: Pakistan.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices. Yearly. 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). February 1998.
State of Human Rights in 1997.
Islam and Islamic Groups: A Worldwide
Reference Guide. 1992.
Jamal's Yellow Pages of
Pakistan. (WWW)
Jane's Intelligence Review
[Surrey]. January 1999.Vol. 11, No. 1. Anthony Davis, "Pakistan:
State of Unrest."
Religion in Politics: A World
Guide. 1989.
Revolutionary and Dissident
Movements of the World: An International Guide. 1991.
Electronic sources: Internet, IRB
Databases, NEXIS, WNC.