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Scientology in Pakistan is said to be followed among a very small number of people, mainly from the middle and upper classes of Karachi.^[1]^[2]

Scientologists, operating under the name Society for Advancement of Health, Education and the Environment (SAHEE) have administered the self-study programme named Criminon in Karachi jails, alleging 1,500 prisoners have completed the course.^[3]

Religion

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Religion in Pakistan

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^ Ahmed, Durre S. (1994). Masculinity, Rationality and Religion: A Feminist Perspective (Volume 3 of Women's studies journal series ed.). ASR Publications. p. 44. ISBN 9789698217198. ...The increasing popularity of 'scientology' among the middle and upper class in Karachi. It is not clear whether the writer is a psychologist or not, but his report and analysis belies an attitude of suspicion and condescension insofar as dianetics and scientology make use of symbols far removed from mainstream psychology.
^ Bhutto, Fatima (23 July 2015). "Inside Karachi's strange North Korean embassy". GQ India. Archived from the original on September 20, 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2015. Karachi is home to Parsis and Burmese, Chinese and, of course, North Koreans. There are Seventh Day Adventists and Mormon missionaries here, Africans that came from Zanzibar and Kenya as warriors and have stayed on to set up Sufi shrines. "Did you know we have Scientologists here?
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- Ali, Rabia (6 April 2015). "Serving a sentence: Helping Karachi's prisoners, the Criminon way". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- Mustafa, Zubeida (15 May 2015). "Changing mindsets". Dawn. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- Bhutto, Fatima (5 November 2013). "Exclusive: Fatima Bhutto on falling in love with Karachi". VOGUE India. Retrieved 26 October 2015. By the autumn of 2010, I began to spend my time in archival libraries and museums and interviewing a motley crew of Karachiites — from the scientologists who have infiltrated the city's jails (who, understandably, don't like to be known as scientologists, so they hide behind the cover of a health NGO curiously led by the principles of L Ron Hubbard) to South Korean evangelicals, urban planners and transgender rights activists.

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Beliefs and practices	Abortion Auditing Books Bridge Clear Dianetics Dianetics (book) Disconnection E-meter Engram Ethics and justice Glossary and Terminology Implant Incident Keeping Scientology Working Marcab Confederacy Marriage MEST Operating Thetan OT VIII Reactive mind Scientology and religious groups Reincarnation Sec Check Sex Gender Homosexuality Silent birth Space opera Study Technology Thetan Training routines Xenu
History and controversies	Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act Books critical of Scientology Church of Scientology editing on Wikipedia Clearwater Hearings Death of Elli Perkins Death of Kaja Ballo Death of Lisa McPherson Fair game Fishman Affidavit Guardian's Office operations Keith Henson The Internet Operation Clambake Operation Freakout Operation Snow White Project Chanology Project Normandy R2-45 Psychiatry Scientology and Me Scientology as a business The Secrets of Scientology Suppressive person Tax status in the US The Hole The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power Timeline
Litigation	Hubbard v Vosper United States v. Hubbard X. and Church of Scientology v. Sweden Church of Scientology v. Sweden Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology Hernandez v. Commissioner New Era Publications International ApS v. Carol Publishing Group and Jonathan Caven-Atack Church of Scientology of California v. Armstrong R. v. Church of Scientology of Toronto Church of Scientology Intl. v. Fishman and Geertz Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto Religious Technology Center v Lerma Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-Line Communication Services, Inc. Church of Scientology Intl. v. Time Warner, Inc., et al. Arenz, Röder and Dagmar v. Germany Church of Scientology Moscow v. Russia Headley v. Church of Scientology International
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Affiliated organizations and recruitment	Association for Better Living and Education Applied Scholastics Celebrities Citizens Commission on Human Rights Concerned Businessmen's Association of America Criminon Cult Awareness Network The Delphian School Free Zone Front groups Moxon & Kobrin Narconon New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project Oxford Capacity Analysis Safe Environment Fund Second Chance Program Trademarks Volunteer Ministers The Way to Happiness Foundation World Institute of Scientology Enterprises Youth for Human Rights International
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v t e Religion in Pakistan
Islam Sunni Shi'a Sufi Hinduism Christianity Sikhism Ahmadiyya Bahá'í Faith Kalash Zoroastrianism Buddhism Judaism Jainism Shamanism Folk Irreligion Scientology Freedom of religion

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