CAT/C/56/D/604/2014 complainant has thus not substantiated that he faces a real and personal risk of torture as a failed refugee claimant should he be returned to Pakistan. Complainant’s comments 5.1 On 16 February and 22 March 2015, the complainant reiterates that he is Shia Muslim and belongs to a religious minority in Pakistan. He submits that, if removed to Pakistan, he would be exposed to: serious risk to his life; risk of torture in accordance at the hands of Pakistan security and intelligence agencies and Sunni terrorist organizations; risk of cruel and unusual treatment and punishment; serious risk of abduction, kidnapping or illegal detention at the hands of terrorist organizations. He reiterates that he and his family continue to receive threats from these terrorists. In the past he has been injured by those terrorists, and his cousin has been killed by Sunni terrorists. 5.2 The State party claimed that he was not under threat by the Government of Pakistan or its officials, but the complainant submits that the Government of Pakistan is also involved indirectly in the persecution and killing of minorities in Pakistan. When he approached officials to seek justice, he did not receive help and was forced to leave Pakistan. The police and Government of Pakistan are reluctant to take any action against those organizations. In fact, those organizations are supported by the Sunni majority Government through its intelligence agency. 5.3 He maintains that the current situation of minorities in Pakistan is the worst ever in the history of the country, as Sunni organizations are killing Shia Muslims, Christians or other minorities on a daily basis. For example: “From 8 to 10 June 2014, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan gunmen laid siege to the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, causing deaths and injuries”; In December 2014, Pakistani Taliban killed more than 145 school children in the cantonment area of Peshawar. In January 2015, Taliban bombed a Shia mosque and killed 40 Shia Muslims, and on 13 February 2015, Taliban bombed a Shia mosque, killing 20 Shia Muslims and injuring dozens more. 5.4 The complainant submits that the security situation remains fragile and unpredictable. Terrorist attacks have occurred throughout Pakistan, causing many deaths and injuries. Heightened security measures are currently in place throughout the country. Checkpoints may be set up without warning. Terrorist tactics include suicide bombings, improvised explosive devices and political assassinations. Some attacks have involved detailed planning to maximize casualties through multiple and consecutive explosions. Extremism, ethnic divisions, sectarian strife, regional political disputes and the situation in Afghanistan are usually the reasons behind these attacks. The complainant notes that, on the one hand, Canada warned against travel to Pakistan and, on the other, it is very keen to deport foreign nationals to Pakistan. This indicates that Canada does not consider foreign nationals to be equal to Canadians. 5.5 The complainant submits that there is clearly a substantial risk of torture for him and that he has clear marks of torture on his body and medical certificates from Pakistan confirming the treatment received for the injuries sustained. 5.6 The complainant submits that, at the time of submission of his communication to the Committee, the pre-removal risk assessment and the application for residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds were not available to him. He became eligible for a pre-removal risk assessment on 17 November 2014, and he applied on 26 November 2014. He applied for residence on humanitarian and compassionate grounds on 13 Commission of Pakistan describes itself as an independent non-governmental organization. See Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, “Mission & Vision” (2015), available at: http://hrcpweb.org/hrcpweb/about-hrcp/mission-vision/. 14