Source: The Express Tribune
ET: Once again, the Ahmadi community is being harassed by radical clerics. On April 29, theGulshan-e-Ravi police in Lahore arrested seven members of the Ahmadi community without filing an FIR against them when around 300 people protested in front of an Ahmadi place of worship. With mounting pressure from the people of the locality, the police finally filed blasphemy and terrorism charges against eight Ahmadis. Incidents of harassment against the Ahmadis have increased manifold, particularly in Punjab. A member of the Khatam-i-Nabuwat Lawyers Forum has been a central figure in recent anti-Ahmadi confrontations.
The authorities must prevent such hate-mongers from targeting the minorities before the situation gets out of control. As it is, Pakistan does not have much to show as far as its human rights record where the minorities are concerned. They have often been subjected to social stigmatisation and insecurity at the hands of the militants, who have gained impetus over the years.
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