Declaration Burial stopped
On December 5, 2006 Bakht Bibi an Ahmadi of
Thatha Chandoo a village near Rabwa died. When body was taken
to the graveyard where Ahmadis of the same family had been buried
also, police stopped the people from burying her body. They
claimed to have orders from the higher authorities for doing
so.The police was requested to permit the burial in the personal
piece of land of her family, near the combined graveyard. After
getting permission from higher officials police permitted them
to do so. The local clerics again protested against the decision;
however police managed to control them this time. Ahmadi
Community
Category of graveyard
On March 8, 2006, the daughter of Mr. Muhammad
Hanif died and was buried in a common graveyard at Chanda Singh
Wala village, Kasur. A week after the funeral Clerics of the
area demanded that the body of the girl should be removed from
graveyard. The police acquired a statement from the relatives
of girl that they would not use the graveyard again and also
assured them that no further action would be taken in this matter.
On the same day three police vans came to the Ahmadi’s
family, took hold of their telephone set and ordered them to
exhume the body during the night. The girl’s body was
buried again in the Ahmadi’s graveyard-Kasur under police
supervision. Ahmadi
Community
Booked in a fabricated murder charge - Gujrat
Three Ahmadis namely Basharat, Nasir Ahmad and Muhammad
Idrees along with seven others of Chak Sikandar, District Gujarat
were arrested in September 2003 on a concocted charge
of murder of an Imam. The police, after due investigation found
no prove against the accused. Still the innocent faced a trial
for a crime they did not commit. Based on the testimony of the
two alleged eyewitnesses, which was proved false. The court
acquitted seven of the accused, but on the evidence of the same
two eyewitnesses the court sentenced these above named Ahmadis
to death. Appeal against the verdict was pending before Lahore
High Court. The accused had spent over three years in prison
for their innocence. Ahmadi
Community
Murder
Sheikh Rafiq Ahmad - Karachi
Sheikh Rafiq Ahmed, an Ahmadi (42), was murdered by
armed attackers at his store, around mid-day, in Manzoor Colony
on March 19, 2006 at Karachi.
Sheikh Rafiq Ahmad owned a small shop in the locality. Two
or three men wearing helmets arrived on a motorcycle. They shot
him thrice in head, neck and abdomen. The assailants fled immediately.
Sheikh Rafiq was rushed to Jinnah hospital where he expired
on the same day. Sheikh Rafiq reportedly had no personal vendetta
with any one. Ahmadi
Community
Armed Attack
Two assailants attacked Sheikh Abdul Quddoos Wasim Ahmad, Ex
- Secretary of the Ahmadi community while his was in his electronics’
store on March 16, 2006 at Rahimyar Khan. The bullet
hit him on his back. The assailants fled from the scene thereafter.
He was rushed to the hospital where he recovered. Ahmadi
Community
Mandi Bahauddin massacre
On October 7, 2005 some unknown persons attacked
the Ahmadi place of worship at Mandi Bahauddin; eight Ahmadi’s
were killed by firing. Police arrested Amir Mehmood. He was
charged after the investigation.He was acquitted on July
14, 2006 by Justice Mujahid Mustaqeem of Anti - Terrorism
Court because of lack of valid evidences. Daily
Pakistan July 16, 2006
Master Munawar
Two unknown assailants (on motor bike) knocked at the
door of Master Munnawar Ahmad. When he came out they started
firing at him and escaped. He received five bullets and was
taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. NCJP
report
11 Ahmadi doctors killed in Sindh since 1984
22 Ahmadis had been killed in Sindh since 1984, 11
of which were doctors. The community said that the doctors killed
were reknowned secularists and they were murdered because of
their religious background. Daily
Times May 5, 2006
