Staff Report
LAHORE: Representatives of the Ahmedi community and human rights activists have slammed the government over religiously motivated killing of an Ahmedi advocate, Malik Mabroor Ahmad, while demanding immediate action against the culprits.
Jama’at Ahmadiyya Pakistan spokesperson Saleem ud Din stated on Tuesday that the well-known Ahmedi lawyer was assassinated in a religiously motivated attack on the night of July 11 in Nawabshah (Sindh) as he arrived outside his office for work.
He was shot point blank by an unidentified assailant who managed to escape from the crime scene. Upon hearing the noise of gunfire, his brother, Malik Waseem Ahmad, rushed to the scene only to discover that the victim had already succumbed to his injuries.
Malik Mabroor Ahmad was a peaceful and law-abiding citizen and a renowned lawyer. He was 50 at the time of his death and is survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters. Saleem ud Din said that such violence results from the continuing hatred that is being spread throughout Pakistan against Jama’at Ahmadiyya.
“We cannot condemn this enough. I call upon the government to dispense swift justice against the perpetrators of this crime,” he added. He said that Malik Mabroor Ahmad had survived another bid on his life in 2008 but no action was taken by the local authorities to protect him from the extremists.
He added that district chief of Jama’at Ahmadiyya Nawabshah, Muhammad Yousaf was also assassinated in 2008 while a well known Ahmedi doctor Abdul Manan Siddique also fell prey to the target killers in Mirpur Khas. But it is unfortunate that not a single killer has been arrested so far.
The spokesperson stated that violent assaults against Ahmedis that are carried out in the name of religion are all too often premeditated and well organized. These attacks serve only to blemish the name of Islam and spread discord and strife amongst the general population.
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