Source: dawn.com

GUJRANWALA: A pall of fear hangs thick over Gujranwala’s now eerily silent People’s Colony. It has been weeks since an enraged mob set fire to five homes belonging to members of the Ahmadi community, resulting in the deaths of two girls and an elderly woman.

Since the ill-fated Sunday when the incident came to light, police officials have sealed several homes in the area and warily patrol the locality lest a similar episode erupts.

Photo shows a padlocked gate at the home of one People’s Colony resident

Like many stories that pertain to the persecuted community, it is difficult to find people who will speak to journalists without requesting anonymity.

Policemen are deployed outside the torched homes of Ahmadis living in People’s Colony

It is no different in People’s Colony, where terrified residents from the community are desperate for their plight to come to a logical end, but afraid to be named for fear of …read more at dawn.com