Targeted attack on a vehicle marks the second faith-based shooting of Ahmadi Muslims in Punjab this month
Two Ahmadi Muslims, Mr Malik Mahmood Mubarak, aged 70, and his son, Mr Ayaz Mubarak, aged 40, were shot and wounded in a targeted attack in Sargodha, Punjab. Assailants opened fire on their vehicle as the two men were returning home.
Both father and son sustained injuries in the attack and survived. No arrests have been reported at the time of writing.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Pakistan has publicly called on the provincial and federal authorities to ensure the immediate protection of Ahmadi Muslims in the area, to arrest those responsible, and to take concrete measures to prevent further attacks.
Sargodha has a documented history of anti-Ahmadi violence, intimidation and mob activity. On 16 May 2025, Dr Sheikh Muhammad Mahmood, a 58-year-old Ahmadi Muslim gastroenterologist, was shot dead outside Fatima Trust Hospital in the city by a gunman who had been waiting for him and who had earlier enquired about his schedule. Dr Mahmood had previously been forced to resign from a private hospital under threats linked to his faith. No prosecution has been reported.
This latest attack comes weeks after the killing of Mr Mirza Safdar Mahmood, aged 65, who was shot dead near Kot Ahmad Shah in Mandi Bahauddin on 2 September 2026 while travelling from his workshop to an Ahmadi Muslim place of worship. It follows the shooting of three Ahmadi Muslim security volunteers outside the Bait-ul-Aqsa Mosque in Rabwah on 5 June 2026.
The pattern is consistent and escalating: Ahmadi Muslims are attacked in the course of ordinary daily life — travelling to work, to worship, and to their homes — by assailants who act in the knowledge that faith-based killings in Pakistan are rarely prosecuted. That Mr Mubarak and his son survived does not diminish the gravity of the attack. Sustained clerical incitement, anti-Ahmadi legislation, and a persistent failure to hold perpetrators to account continue to place Ahmadi Muslims at risk of lethal violence.
Source: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK.