atta-ur-rehman chishti (born 4 october 1978) is a british-pakistani conservative party politician. he has been the member of parliament (mp) for gillingham and rainham since 2010. he was the united kingdom's special envoy for freedom of religion or belief from 12 september 2019 until his resignation on 14 september 2020. in 2022, he became parliamentary under secretary of state for foreign, commonwealth and development affairs.