The 1974 NA proceedings on the Ahmadi issue

Daily Times: COMMENT : The 1974 NA proceedings on the Ahmadi issue — Yasser Latif Hamdani

Consider the role of Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) in 1974 when it declared Ahmadis to be out of the fold of Islam

The Supreme Court judgment in the Asghar Khan case has exposed the deep state completely. The deep state seeks to control the electoral process to an extent that only those suitable to it and its interests can come forward. The Asghar Khan case is just the tip of the iceberg. I am sure. Asghar Khan himself was part of the nine-star alliance called the Pakistan National Alliance along with a rag tag outfit of mullahs and even liberals, which too must have been brought together by similar maneouvring to oust Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1977.

While the deep state is recognised and rightly so for its nefarious role in keeping the general will of the people subservient to the vested interests of those who hold the strings, it must also be stated that some of our worst decisions have had nothing to do with the deep state. Consider the role of Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) in 1974 when it declared Ahmadis to be out of the fold of Islam, which has since created sectarian monsters in Pakistan of which there seems to be no solution any more. The in-camera proceedings of the National Assembly — especially the cross examination of the two Ahmadi delegations, one from the Qadiani Jamaat and the other from Lahori Jamaat — are now common knowledge thanks to a public interest writ petition no. 7283/2010 by one Bashir Ahmad Khan adjudicated by his Lordship, Ijaz Chaudhry, then of the Lahore High Court. This report is an eye-opener as to how far the ‘liberal’ PPP went in its efforts to declare an entire community out of the pale of Islam.

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  1. Any political party,Any leaders and Any outside powers and/or Schemers can only harm the interests of any nation, when, ALLAH has decided to punish that nation because of repeated disregard for the message of Allah and rejection of the messengers of Allah by that NATION.

    Surah Al-Hajj; Chapter 22 Verse 18
    وَمَن يُهِنِ اللَّـهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِن مُّكْرِمٍ إِنَّ اللَّـهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَاءُ

    Surah Al-Ra’ad – 13:11
    ۗ وَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّـهُ بِقَوْمٍ سُوءًا فَلَا مَرَدَّ لَهُ

    Surah- FATIR: 35:02
    مَّا يَفْتَحِ اللَّـهُ لِلنَّاسِ مِن رَّحْمَةٍ فَلَا مُمْسِكَ لَهَا ۖ وَمَا يُمْسِكْ فَلَا مُرْسِلَ لَهُ مِن بَعْدِهِ ۚ وَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ ﴿٢﴾

    O, the people of my nation, lISTEN TO THE WORDS OF YOUR ALLAH. Do not IGNORE his advice because it is the greatest misfortune of any nation when they start IGNORING the words of ALLAH because of the influence of their society, Jama’at, and leaders.

  2. I fully agree with Mr Yasser Latif Hamdani that despite warnings from Hadhrat Khalifa tul Massih III and intellectual sections of the society Bhutto decided to play a dangerous political game by declaring Ahmadis “Non Muslims” hoping that it will prolong his rule. This created such a mess in Pakistan that nearly forty years on Pakistan government, army and other institutions have failed to contain a wave of sectarian hatred and killings of thousands of innocent people.

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