Information on the 26 March 1997 killing of Abdul Manan, a People's Student Federation (PSF) general secretary, on a Gujranwala college campus, on whether any PPP members witnessed his killing, on any subsequent PSF/PPP actions and on whether PSF students in Gujranwala faced harassment [PAK29536.E]

Information on the 26 March 1997 killing of Abdul Manan, a People's Student Federation (PSF) general secretary, on a Gujranwala college campus and on whether PSF students in Gujranwala faced harassment could not 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


Dawn Wire Service (DWS) [Karachi]. Weekly. 6 February 1997-5 April 1997. (WWW)

DIRB. October 1997. Pakistan: Chronology of Events, March 1995-October 1997.

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. February 1998. State of Human Rights in 1997.

Human Rights Watch World Report 1998. 1997.

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. Monthly. January 1997-March 1998.

Resource Centre. International/Indexed Media Review [Ottawa]. Weekly. January 1997-present.

_____. "Pakistan" country file. January 1997-present.

Electronic sources: Internet, IRB Databases, LEXIS/NEXIS.