Marking 50 years of Apartheid in Pakistan
I would be arrested for writing this article in Pakistan, and that is exactly why it must be written. Qasim Rashid, Sept. 7, 2024 This is not a story you’ll read about in much of legacy media, but it is a critical story that impacts countless people globally. This is […]
Pakistan: London based IHRC Latest Press Release
Posted on September 3rd, 2024 By A. Abdul Aziz According to London based InternationlalHuman Rights Committee (IHRC), Pakistani cleric Mold Habib-ur-Rehman (Deobandi) of Dhudial, Mansehra has openly called for the murder of Ahmadi citizens, at a conference held at Takiya Stop, Mansehra on 20 August 2024. A video1of the speech shows […]
Religious hardliners and Federal Govt launch new anti-Ahmadiyya campaign in Pakistan
By Noman Hossain August 22, 2024 On August 19, thousands of supporters from various religious-political groups breached security in Islamabad’s ‘Red Zone’ to reach the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP). […]
Ahmadi man held, three booked on blasphemy charge in Narowal, Pakistan.
Updated 21 Aug, 2024 A Correspondent NAROWAL: Narowal police arrested an Ahmadi man and registered a case against three other members of his community on the charge of burning pages of […]
Pakistan, Council of Islamic Ideology Asks for Even Harsher Persecution of the Ahmadis
08/20/2024Massimo IntrovigneA+ | A- While the legal saga of Mubarak Ahmed Sani remains subject to conflicting interpretations, what is clear is that Sunni authorities want the repression to continue. Massimo Introvigne The […]
Navigating Challenges and Opportunities for Religious Freedom in Pakistan
Aug 29, 2024 WHEN: Aug 29th 10:30am U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Hearing Navigating Challenges and Opportunities for Religious Freedom in Pakistan Thursday, August 29, 202410:30 AM-12 PM ETVirtual […]
Minority Rights March 2024: Demonstrators demand equal rights and protection for all citizens
August 12, 2024 By Asad Mumtaz KARACHI Minority groups and civil society activists observed National Minorities Day with a peaceful demonstration at Karachi’s Frere Hall on Sunday, August 11. The demonstration, dubbed the Minority Rights March 2024, aimed to highlight the rights violations faced by religious minorities in Pakistan, including […]
SCBAP Demands Supreme Court Review Verdict Permitting Ahmadis To Profess, Preach Religion
Top bar association argues that the Constitution is based on an Islamic framework and Sections 295-B and 298-B are applicable even inside places of worship The Supreme Court Bar Association […]
New Census Reveals Sharp Drop In Ahmadi Numbers Across KP And Balochistan
Given the systematic targeting of the Ahmadi community, it is no surprise that the new census reveals that the Ahmadi population in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan has dramatically diminished Share: The data from the 2023 Census released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics contains a startling revelation, with alarming […]
Gunmen kill Ahmadi minority doctor in Pakistan
July 27, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Unknown attackers in central Pakistan shot and killed a member of the minority Ahmadi community Saturday amid an uptick in violence, against what critics describe […]
Abdus Salam: Why 50 Years Ago a Future Nobel Prize Laureate Left His Native Pakistan in Protest
07/31/2024Massimo IntrovigneA+ | A- In 1974, the world-renowned physicist decided to move to Europe after as a member of the Ahmadiyya Community he was declared a non-Muslim and discriminated. by Massimo Introvigne […]
Pakistan: Experts urge immediate end to discrimination and violence against Ahmadis
Posted25 Jul 2024 Originally published25 Jul 2024 OriginView original GENEVA – A group of independent experts* today expressed grave concern regarding a reported upsurge in discrimination and violence against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, including extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, attacks on places of worship and curtailment of free expression, peaceful assembly and […]
UN experts urge halt to violence against Ahmadis in Pakistan
AFP Published July 25, 2024 United Nations experts on Thursday voiced grave concern at reports of surging discrimination and violence against Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya minority community, including extrajudicial killings and attacks on places […]
Pakistan’s Religious Fanaticism Fuels Blasphemy Vigilantism
The entrenched religious fanaticism in Pakistani society perpetuates a vicious cycle of violence and discrimination, with an alarming rise in blasphemy vigilantism. Pakistan’s blasphemy laws, with roots tracing back to the British colonial legal system of 1860, were originally crafted to quell Hindu-Muslim violence in the Indian subcontinent. These archaic […]
Ahmadis persecuted in Pakistan
30 June, 2024 In 1974, Ahmadi Muslims were declared a non-Muslim minority by the Pakistani parliament. Since then, it has become much harder for them to perform their religious duties, […]
Govt officials stand by hundreds of people attacking Ahmadiyyas: US report
Staff Correspondent 28 June, 2024 The United States Department of State in its annual report on international religious freedom made allegations that law enforcement and government officials had stood by as […]
The Genocide Of Ahmadis In Pakistan
Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Tahir Naqqash case, anti-Ahmadi discrimination continues to be sanctioned by state authorities. We would do well to recognize that this bigoted thought represents […]
On Bakrid, Pakistani police made sure the Ahmadiyyas were harassed—arrests, meat raids, FIRs
Story by Debdutta Chakraborty On Bakrid, Pakistani police made sure the Ahmadiyyas were harassed—arrests, meat raids, FIRs© Provided by ThePrint New Delhi: Ahmadiyyas in Pakistan wanted a simple thing– to celebrate a festival. But members of the historically persecuted community were arrested and harassed as they watched the police take meat away from their homes. The Pakistani state made sure they […]
Ahmadiyya man arrested for sacrificing goat in Punjab
Dawn Report Published June 20, 2024 Updated about 5 hours ago TOBA TEK SINGH: An Ahmadiyya community man was arrested in a Gojra village on Eidul Azha day (Monday) on the charge of “portraying himself as a Muslim and sacrificing a goat like Muslims”. It happened in Chak 312-JB, Khattowali, and the complainant was […]