Repression of Ahmadiyya community members surges in Pakistan this year, claims senior Balochistan-based journalist

"It continued to remain vulnerable to discrimination, persecution and violence, not just from hardliner extremists but the law enforcement agencies as well," Rahmatullah Achakzai wrote in his article published in Afghan Diaspora Network.

He said several community members were killed and harassed, and even their places of worship were desecrated in recent times.

"Shockingly, law enforcement agencies were found to have participated in the repression rather than protecting the rights of the minority community," he said.

He referred to the harassment faced by Ahmadiyya members in Faisalabad on August 14, the date when Pakistan was celebrating Independence Day.

"Stones were thrown at their houses; several were beaten with sticks and bricks, and two Ahmadiyya mosques were set on fire," he said.

"According to data prepared by the Ahmadiyya community, 269 Ahmadiyya graves were desecrated until July this year, while over 50 mosques were desecrated since 2023. In 2025, at least three Ahmadiyyas were murdered by the extremists, while the number was six in 2024," he wrote.

The Ahmadiyya community, constitutionally declared a non-Muslim minority, just like other religious minorities of Pakistan is in its final phase of extinction.