Imran Khan has dedicated much energy to the plight of Muslims around the world. Now, his government has finally decided to pay heed to the suffering of its own religious minorities, by putting together a long-planned commission last month. Days after the commission was formed, it was decided to exclude Ahmadis from it. Since coming to power […]
One can only look back with nostalgia at the promise made by Muhammad Ali Jinnah to the people of Pakistan at the time of partition. “You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this State of […]
WASHINGTON – Leaders of Pakistan’s Ahmadi community fear a recent debate surrounding the group’s Muslim status and potential membership in a newly formed minority commission could put the group’s security at risk. Saleem ud Din, the spokesperson for the Ahmadi Jaam’at in Pakistan, alleged that since the founding of the National Commission for Minorities last […]
New Rights Body Should be Inclusive, Independent, Empowered Pakistan’s government has excluded the long-persecuted Ahmadiyya community from a new government commission aimed at safeguarding the rights of the country’s minorities, Human Rights Watch said today. On May 5, 2020, Pakistan’s cabinet established the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) and adopted the position of the Ministry of Religious Affairs […]
Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is gravely concerned by a dangerous anti-Ahmadiyya campaign that has been trending on social media in Pakistan. The campaign began two days ago, after unverified reports emerged stating that the Government of Pakistan will include members from the Ahmadiyya community in the Minorities’ Commission it intends to form. Since then, […]
After a decade’s worth of service in Pakistan’s Armed Forces, Ali Akhtar Tariq, a 38-year-old aeronautical engineer, says he was demoted, threatened, and eventually dismissed following his conversion from Sunni to the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam. He identified Islam as his religion in the annual military paperwork only to be reported by the records office for […]
Pakistan’s Ahmadi religious minority has said that many of its graves sites are being desecrated by police in the Muslim-majority, a member of a minority community said. According to the source, the incident occurred after Prime Minister Imran Khan warned citizens that any person targeting the country’s minorities would be strictly punished. “This was done […]
31 dead, 58 injured, and 25 blasphemy cases – that’s the toll taken on Pakistan’s religious minorities since Prime Minister Imran Khan took office. “I want to warn our people that anyone in Pakistan targeting our non-Muslim citizens or their places of worship will be dealt with strictly. Our minorities are equal citizens of this […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): The Ahmadiyya Muslim community accounts for 0.22% (457,102) people in Pakistan and 1% in the world. The community was ousted by the Pakistani government in 1974. They were declared non-Muslim under Ordinance XX. The Ahmadis cannot identify themselves as Muslims or worship at mosques used by mainstream Muslims. Amid often-reported incidents of persecution […]