Ahmadiyya Graves Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says it is 'appalled' that some 45 Ahmadiyya graves were desecrated by police
Islamabad: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Wednesday said it is 'appalled' that some 45 Ahmadiyya graves were desecrated allegedly by the Hafizabad police in Premkot region of the country.
In a tweet, the Commission said: "HRCP is appalled to learn that some 45 Ahmadiyya graves were desecrated allegedly by the Hafizabad police in Premkot. Such acts are becoming almost routine, leaving members of the Ahmadiyya community as beleaguered in death as they are in life."
Several graves belonging to the Ahmadiyya community were allegedly desecrated by police and Muslim clerics at a cemetery in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a local journalist claimed.
Pakistani journalist Azaz Syed shared a video showing the condition of the graves.
He tweeted: "Reportedly #PunjabPolice / @DHafizabad has desecrated 45 graves of the #Ahmadiyya #community in Premkot,district Hafizabad.#Persecution against any community is in violation of basic human rights and Islamic values.Govt must take action."
--HRCP is appalled to learn that some 45 Ahmadiyya graves were desecrated allegedly by the Hafizabad police in Premkot. Such acts are becoming almost routine, leaving members of the Ahmadiyya community as beleaguered in death as they are in life. pic.twitter.com/SiGNZi7kCd
— Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (@HRCP87) February 7, 2022
Jamaat Ahmadiyya Punjab spokesperson Aamir Mahmood told PTI news agency that a group of people in Premkot, district Hafizabad, some 110 kms from Lahore, approached the police complaining that the Islamic verses are inscribed on the tombstones of a number of graves in the Ahmadis graveyard.
The group threatened that the Ahmadis cannot display Islamic verses/symbols on their homes or graves, he said.
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