No error in assessment of Pakistani national’s credibility when refusing international protection

Asylum and immigration – judicial review – Pakistani national challenging the decision refusing him international protection – assessment of credibility – de novo appeal - respondent was obliged to consider a hospital document – background facts - family dispute in which he claimed he had been threatened by his cousin, that his cousin would kill him if he returned to Pakistan and that his cousin had tried to kill him – documentation – application and appeal dismissed – treatment of hospital documentation - Country of Origin Information – credibility findings - respondent did consider the document – considered the timing of its production - sufficient basis for its findings relating to the hospital document - father issue - evidential basis for the respondent’s concerns about the applicant’s account and the respondent’s finding of inconsistency arising from the applicant saying the father was at the heated discussion the day before the alleged incident at the courthouse but later saying that he told his father the ‘whole story’ thereafter – sufficient reasons – not irrational - respondent did not fail to assess the applicant’s claim by failing to consider the content of the hospital documentation - respondent did not err in assessing the applicant’s credibility - applicant was not entitled to the benefit of the doubt and that the respondent did not accept his claim was credible on the balance of probability – judicial review refused –