EU Referendum: Who are BBC Generation 2016 for the EU referendum?

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"In Pakistan we are declared non-Muslim by law and that automatically makes us "worthy-of-being-killed" by religious clerics."

Durr-E-Maknoon Tariq (Photo: BBC news)

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By @BBCGen2016 | May 18, 2016

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Two hundred and twenty five young people have been selected for the BBC Generation 2016 project ahead of the EU referendum on 23 June.

They represent a cross-section of 18 to 25-year-olds living across the UK and in parts of the EU, and will take part in the BBC's coverage of the election.

Here you'll find the third section of profiles, arranged alphabetically by surname.

Among them is Durr-e-Maknoon Tariq, 24, of London, who is a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK.

Durr-E-Maknoon Tariq:

I am doing a BSc in pharmacology and molecular genetics at King's College London. I am planning to do a PGCE next year, so I can go on to teach Biology in secondary schools. Then I want to do a Masters in Pharmacogenetics and a PhD and also, play a part in politics along the way.

I was born in Lahore, Pakistan. I belong to a minority Muslim group called the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. In Pakistan we are declared non-Muslim by law and that automatically makes us "worthy-of-being-killed" by religious clerics. We have blasphemy accusations imposed upon us all the time. This is the reason my family decided to come to UK, as it had become very difficult for us to live in Pakistan.

Join the conversation with @BBCGen2016 and find out more at bbc.co.uk/generation2016.


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