The Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan: A Disturbing Reality of State-Sponsored Discrimination The Hawk· Jul 18, 2026 Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) Despite the systematic persecution of Ahmadis, Pakistan has rarely faced the sustained international pressure that such state-sponsored discrimination would ordinarily invite. The discrimination, embedded in the country’s constitution, penal code, electoral system, […]
Extremist-led mob violence in Pakistan often leads to further persecution – at the hands of the state. By Natiq Malikzada July 14, 2026 Early this year, on April 18, Laeeq Ahmed Cheema, a 46-year-old Ahmadi, went to an Ahmadiyya mosque in Karachi – the kind of place Pakistan’s anti-Ahmadi laws make […]
Monday, July 6, 2026By Samuel Williamsnews Table of Contents The systematic marginalization of the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan is not merely a product of organic societal friction or localized religious […]
Reports released by the Ahmadi community based in Pakistan as well as an international organization advocating for Ahmadi rights reveal the extent of discrimination that the community faced across Pakistan during Eid-ul-Azha 2026. A constant threat of surveillance, police action, confiscation of sacrificial animals, and criminal prosecution were some of […]
Dawn Report Published June 7, 2026 Updated about 3 hours ago LAHORE/CHINIOT: Three members of the Ahmadiyya community sustained bullet injuries when an unidentified gunman opened fire outside a place of worship in Chenab Nagar on Friday night, police said. According to the first information report (FIR) lodged by the Chenab Nagar police, the […]
Asia Rabwah Times Unknown assailants opened fire on a vehicle operated by Hifazat-e-Markaz, a private volunteer security force of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, near Aqsa Chowk roundabout in Rabwah on Friday. The attack occurred while three people were riding on the back of the vehicle. According to initial reports, two […]
Posted on June 5, 2026 by admin Religious Persecution in Pakistan is Never Ending Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The United Nations (UN) continues to express alarm over the enduring persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan. Several years ago, UN experts investigated the plight of vulnerable communities in the […]
Global organizations slam continued restrictions on the minority community from state and non-state actors A livestock vendor waits for customers at a market in Quetta, Pakistan, on June 14, 2024, […]
Amnesty International has accused Pakistani authorities of enabling structural and persistent discrimination against the Ahmadiyya community and warning of escalating repression. In an open letter to Pakistan’s Punjab provincial government, the organisation said Ahmadis in Pakistan continue to face harassment, unlawful restrictions on worship, arbitrary arrests, violence, and administrative discrimination, […]
Muhammad Akram Mehmood 26 April at 06:13 · It’s hard to put into words the pain that comes from reading report after report of what the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan is enduring. When you go through the facts, the patterns become impossible to ignore — people being targeted not for what they’ve done, but […]
From Ordinance XX to mob violence, Pakistan’s treatment of Ahmadis reveals how law and society have combined to institutionalise persecution. The troubles of Ahmadis in Pakistan are not merely those of a religious minority. […]
by Reuters Islamabad Feb 07, 2026 – A mourner weeps during the funeral of Shiite Muslims, a day after a suicide bombing at a mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan, Feb. 7, 2026. […]
by A. Sahara Alexander | Jan 2, 2026 | News Global An Ahmadi was sentenced to three years for calling himself “Hafiz,” and to life imprisonment for having distributed the “wrong” translation of the Quran. […]
by A. Sahara Alexander | Jan 2, 2026 | News Global An Ahmadi was sentenced to three years for calling himself “Hafiz,” and to life imprisonment for having distributed the “wrong” translation of the Quran. […]
January 2, 2026 dailytimes.com Police have failed to identify or arrest the assailant involved in the targeted shooting of a prominent member of the Ahmadiyya community in Khushab, triggering concerns […]
Mubarak Ahmad Sani, an Ahmadi accused of blasphemy (case 661/22, December 6, 2022) sentenced to life imprisonment for teaching the Holy Quran Atalayar Updated: 28/12/25 The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community wishes to […]
Our Correspondent Published December 25, 2025 CHINIOT: The Lalian additional and district sessions judge has awarded three-year imprisonment to a convict belonging to the Ahmadi community under section 298-C and life imprisonment […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Press & Media Office A judge in Pakistan has handed a life sentence to an Ahmadi Muslim for possessing a copy of the Holy Qur’an, His Holiness […]
by Lord David Alton | Dec 23, 2025 | Op-eds Global Government and courts, influenced by extremists, continue to discriminate against the Ahmadi minority. by Lord David Alton Since it emerged as a nation-state on […]
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 19 December 2025. Lord Jackson of Peterborough Conservative To ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the exclusion of Ahmadi Muslims from the National Commission for Minorities in Pakistan; and what recent engagement they have had with the government […]