90 Ahmadi graves were desecrated in Khushab’s Rodha district. Police had earlier pressured Ahmadis to remove gravestones. 269 such incidents have occurred in 2025, highlighting rising hate crimes
In yet another disturbing incident targeting the Ahmadiyya community, at least 90 graves of deceased Ahmadis were found desecrated in the Rodha district of Khushab on Friday. When members of the community visited the graveyard, they discovered that all gravestones had been vandalised and broken.
Community members revealed that police officials had previously pressured the Ahmadis to remove the gravestones themselves, citing objections to the inscriptions on them. The Ahmadis refused, informing the local administration that they would not carry out the desecration of their loved ones’ graves. Shortly after, unknown assailants desecrated the cemetery, raising serious concerns over possible official complicity or negligence.
This is not the first attack on the site. On the night of April 1–2, 2024, unidentified individuals had plastered the gravestones with cement, erasing inscriptions considered sacred by the Ahmadi community.
A formal complaint has been lodged with the police, demanding immediate action and the arrest of those responsible.
According to data compiled by the community, at least 269 Ahmadi graves have been desecrated across Pakistan in 11 separate incidents so far in 2025. In 2024, 319 graves were desecrated in 21 incidents. The rising frequency of such targeted acts reflects an alarming increase in religiously motivated hatred and discrimination.
Human rights observers and community leaders have condemned the desecration, calling on the federal and provincial governments to take urgent notice and uphold the rule of law. “This is not just a violation of religious freedom, but of basic human dignity,” said one local community representative.
The Ahmadiyya community, which has long faced persecution in Pakistan, has repeatedly urged the authorities to ensure protection of their burial sites and to prosecute hate crimes without bias.
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