{"id":93043,"date":"2025-04-18T14:49:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T14:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ahmadi-man-killed-as-religiopolitical-party-members-storm-worship-place-in-karachis-saddar-police\/"},"modified":"2025-04-18T14:49:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T14:49:38","slug":"ahmadi-man-killed-as-religiopolitical-party-members-storm-worship-place-in-karachis-saddar-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ahmadi-man-killed-as-religiopolitical-party-members-storm-worship-place-in-karachis-saddar-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahmadi man killed as religiopolitical party members storm worship place in Karachi\u2019s Saddar: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>A man was allegedly killed when a few hundred workers of a religiopolitical party stormed a place of worship belonging to the Ahmadi community in Karachi\u2019s Saddar area on Friday to prevent it from observing religious rituals, according to the police.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>Dawn.com<\/em>, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Syed Asad Raza said: \u201c[Around] 400 Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) workers gathered at the hall near the mobile market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the police were already deployed there in the wake of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1896433\/police-take-25-ahmadis-into-protective-custody-as-mob-gathers-at-worship-place-in-karachis-surjani-town\">similar incidents<\/a> in Shah Latif, Surjani and Khokhrapar areas of the metropolis. DIG Raza said the police, Rangers, and district administration took swift action and provided protection to the Ahmadi community members present inside the place of worship.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:250px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1896487\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>However, he said that an incident occurred near the auto parts market, located near the community hall, where \u201ca man was allegedly beaten up by the TLP workers,\u201d adding that he was taken to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The DIG said the Ahmadi community claimed the deceased as their member who was associated with the place of worship. \u201cThe police are ascertaining the veracity of the claims while CCTV footage is also being obtained,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ahmadi community spokesperson Amir Mehmood told <em>Dawn.com<\/em> that, \u201cThe deceased, who was a known figure of the community, was passing through the area around 100-150 meters away from the place of worship when TLP members recognised him and began beating him, leading to his death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, Preedy Station House Officer (SHO) Shabbir Husain confirmed to <em>Dawn.com<\/em> that a man, identified as Laeeq Cheema, 46, was \u201cfilming the TLP workers near Hashu Centre when the mob started beating him and killed him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The SHO confirmed that the deceased belonged to the Ahmadi community. \u201cWe called a prison van to move around 45-50 members of the community inside the community hall to a safe place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mehmood, however, said that he was not aware that the deceased was shooting a video of the mob.<\/p>\n<p>Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed told <em>Dawn.com<\/em> that Cheema received multiple injuries all over his body. \u201cDeath occurred due to hard and blunt impacts on the head, leading to fractures and bleeding,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Human Rights Com\u00ad\u00admission of Pakistan (HRCP) <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HRCP87\/status\/1913216943986766167?t=g4KowZEDy9QkOFYqwdnunQ&amp;s=19\">said<\/a> it was \u201cappalled\u201d by the incident, which it denounced as a \u201cfailure of law and order\u201d that was a \u201cstark reminder of the continued complicity of the state in the systematic persecution of a beleaguered community\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It said the perpetrators of the attack in Saddar must be swiftly traced, arrested and prosecuted \u201cwithout caving in to pressure from the far right to release those responsible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the HRCP said it had observed a growing trend of mob-led attacks on homes of families belonging to religious minorities, as well as their places of worship.<\/p>\n<p>The HRCP also spoke of Ahmadis\u2019 \u201carbitrary detention\u201d, \u201cdesecration of their graves\u201d and the \u201cvulnerability of Hindu and Christian women\u201d to forced conversion.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2025-Under-siege-EN.pdf\">report<\/a>, titled Under Siege: Freedom of Religion or Belief in 2023-24, said over 750 persons were in prison on charges of blasphemy, as of October last year. It documented at least four faith-based killings, three of which targeted the Ahmadi community.<\/p>\n<p>A key finding of the report is that disinformation on social media was the spark behind most of the registered blasphemy cases.<\/p>\n<p>HRCP observed an \u201cincreasing weaponisation of blasphe\u00ad\u00admy laws against Ahmadis\u201d, with cases often initiated by law enforcement officials themselves.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Imran Gabol.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was allegedly killed when a few hundred workers of a religiopolitical party stormed a place of worship belonging to the Ahmadi community in Karachi\u2019s Saddar area on Friday to prevent it from observing religious rituals, according to the police. 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