Pakistan and Ahmadis: Over the decades

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1974 | September 7: Pakistan's first democratically elected Prime Minister, Zulfiqar Ali, Bhutto, steered a sovereign legislature into amending the Pakistani constitution in order to specifically and by-name declare all Ahmadis as non-Muslim.

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By TNS Report | August 10, 2014

1984
April 26: An anti-Ahmadi Ordinance XX was issued by General Zia-ul-Haq that prohibited Ahmadis from practising their beliefs openly and were no longer allowed to consider themselves as Muslims.

1995
April: Dr. Rashid Ahmad Khan was publicly stoned to death in the town of Shab Qadar in KPK; witnesses included policemen who failed to take action.

2000
October 30: Five worshippers were killed and seven others were injured by gunmen at an Ahmadiya prayer meeting.

2005
October 7: In Mong, District Mandi Bahauddin, masked gunmen equipped with Kalashnikovs entered an Ahmadiya place of worship and killed eight people; fourteen others were wounded.

2008
September 7/8: Two Ahamdis were killed — one in Mirpur Khas, Punjab and the other in Nawab Shah, Sindh.

2009
Eeleven Ahmadis were killed over the year at different places, according to a report released by Nazarat Umoor-e-Aama Sadr Anjuman Ahmadia Pakistan (Rabwa). The authorities were blamed by Ahmadis for encouraging the attacks.

2010
April 1: In Faisalabad, three Ahmadis were fired at by anonymous militants in a white car after they returned from shopping; they died on the spot.

May 28: Two Ahmadi places of worship, Darul-Al-Zikr in Gari Shahu and Bait-ul-Noor in Model Town, were raided simultaneously by the TTP in Lahore. About ninety people died and one-hundred and eight were wounded. Another attack was carried out at Jinnah Hospital where survivors were being treated, resulting in twelve deaths, including that of policemen and hospital staff.

2012
December 12: Over one hundred Ahmadi graves were desecrated by unidentified gunmen in Model Twon, Lahore to remove Quranic verses from them.

2013
January 7: Four Ahmadis working at a printing press were arrested after a claim that they were printing blasphemous books and CDs. Their application for bail was rejected by the judge.
March 26: An Ahmadi house was raided by local clerics who beat the five family members. Policemen were present at the sight but did not take action.

2014
July 27: A mob set fire to five houses belonging to Ahmadis in Gujranwala. A member of the sect was accused of sharing blasphemous material on Facebook. Fire brigades and ambulances were prevented from offering help. Three females, including a seven-year-old girl and eight-month-old died, while another woman suffered a miscarriage. The police present at the sight did not take any action.

http://tns.thenews.com.pk/ahmadi-persecution-in-pakistan-over-the-decades/

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