Pakistan: In broad daylight: Ahmadi leader gunned down in Gujranwala

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Saleemuddin said the situation for Ahmadis in the country was grim as there had been a spate of violence against members of the community.

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Source/Credit: The Express Tribune
By Rana Tanveer | December 28, 2014

LAHORE: A 27-year-old leader of the Jamaat-i-Ahmadiyya (JA) was killed on Saturday in Gujranwala allegedly for his beliefs, The Express Tribune has learnt.

JA Spokesperson Saleemuddin said Luqman Ahmad Shahzad was on the way to his farm from his residence in Bhiri Shah Rehman when he was gunned down.

Kot Ladha SHO Malik Fayyaz Ahmed said Shahzad had been shot in the head. ... SHO Ahmed said the deceased had no other known enmity with anyone.

Saleemuddin said the situation for Ahmadis in the country was grim as there had been a spate of violence against members of the community. He said people were routinely incited against Ahmadis and pamphlets, brochures and banners spewing venom against the community were commonplace. He said law enforcement agencies should take action against those responsible for the killing.


Published in The Express Tribune, December 28th, 2014.



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