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Lahore; May 2004: International Majlis Khatme Nabuwwat (End of Prophethood) Committee Allama Iqbal Town, Lahore recently issued a pamphlet in Urdu language and distributed it liberally. They also produced its English translation that is reproduced below verbatim, as in original:

Following is particularly noteworthy in the above pamphlet:

1.	It accuses and censures Ahmadis for deviating from the mainstream understanding of Islamic Jihad.

2.	It asserts that Ahmadis are apostates and thus they must be killed, and that Islam ‘requires us to step forward and finish this infidelity.’

3.	It names an Ahmadi, Mabroor Ahmad in particular; and finally urges the readers to play their role, kill Qadianis as this is the time to sacrifice for Islam.

The Committee has boldly printed its name and location at the bottom of the pamphlet. The English version is attested by a notary public whose name and address is given on his seal. The President of Pakistan in his recent essay for the press powerfully urged the people to pursue the path of Enlightened Moderation. This Khatme Nabuwwat Committee, however has openly motivated the people to commit murder in the name of religion, an act forbidden by the law of Pakistan. It is now to be seen how serious the President and his officials are in implementation of his policy and in enforcing the law of the land.

Photocopy of the Urdu original is placed as Annex to this report.

Qasur : Mr Ghulam Muhammad Kalyar, District Police Officer Qasur instructed all his departmental subordinates vide his Circular No : 13519-70 dated May 22, 2004 as follows (Translation):

It is amazing that some odd Secretary recommends to the Federal Secretary that all Qadiani printing presses of Chenab Nagar be sealed for printing literature that dispute the dogma of the End of Prophethood, while in his province the Majlis Tahuffuz Khatme Nabuwwat is free to print anti-Ahmadiyya literature that is so abusive and provocative that decency does not permit a reprint in this report. Is the province not aware of the President’s policy of Enlightened Moderation and Quad-i-Azam’s assurance of equal status to all citizens of Pakistan regardless of their faith and creed. The DPO’s circular, its contents, its references are all obviously at variance with the President’s policy. It is painful to see that none in the line of bureaucratic hierarchy is sensitive and sensible enough to point out the serious incongruity between the higher policy and the ground implementation suggested in this Circular.

Rabwah : Mullahs deliver sermons and make speeches at Rabwah, the Ahmadiyya headquarter in Pakistan, that are openly criminal and violation of law. In the month of May 2004, they held public meetings and took out processions here. Some samples are given below of their speeches on loud-speakers.

	Maulvi Manzoor Chinioti

	Qari Yamin Gauhar

	Mullah Mughaira

	Ata-ul-Muhaiman Bokhari

	Mullah Allah Yar Arshad at different Mosques on May 14 and 21

At Masjid Bokhari:

At Masjid Muhammadiya: (Addressing the state high-ups)

Ahmadiyya headquarters have sent a copy of the above report to the federal and provincial governments. (It is relevant to mention that state informers and agents are themselves present at such occasions to render reports of proceedings to higher authorities).

Chak 45/D, District R.Y Khan: The local mullah used the notorious anti-Ahmadiyya Ordinance XX to move against a respectable Ahmadi family of the village, and got a case registered against an Ahmadi elder and his two sons. The accused are Mr Muhammad Ismail, the president of the local Ahmadi community, Mr Tahir Ahmad the head teacher of the school and Mr Muhammad Ahmad Tayyab, a competent homeopath. The police registered the case under PPC 298C on December 16, 2003 and arrested the three Ahmadis. Later, the police added the severe PPC 295A to the charge sheet; this could enable the authorities to try the accused in an anti-terrorist court if the authorities so wished. The Civil Judge and the Sessions Judge rejected their applications for bail. The accused then moved the High Court for bail. Eventually a High Court judge accepted the plea of only the elderly Mr Ismail and let him off on bail, disallowed the bail of the other two, and ordered the lower court to give priority to this case and give a judgment within six weeks.

The court is now hearing the case on daily basis. The teacher and the doctor are in their sixth month of incarceration for a ‘Wrong’ which any police official in a civilized country would consider ridiculous. PPC 295A allows for imprisonment for a term that may extend to ten years, or with fine, or with both.

Havely Majoka, District Sargodha: Mr Zubair Majoka an Ahmadi from the village reported on May 15, 2004 that on three different occasions, public meetings were recently held in the village wherein Ahmadiyya community was made target of slander and vulgarity. On May 4, Mullah Manzoor Chinioti addressed the crowd. This mullah is a senior office bearer of the Khatme Nabuwwat Organization that produces the type of pamphlets and promotes violence as reported in the lead story of this report.

Mr Majoka has been advised to keep the authorities informed, for whatever it is worth.

The Privatization Commission has offered 115 million shares of the national carrier PIA for sale to public. The application form requires the investor at four locations to declare whether he is a Muslim or a Non-Muslim. He is instructed to ‘Tick one’. Obviously an Ahmadi will not call himself a Non-Muslim. If he ticks the entry ‘Muslim’, he is liable to three years’ imprisonment. Does the Privatization Commission want to exclude Ahmadis from investing in PIA? If not, why deliberate actions are taken to show obvious discrimination and construct difficulties for a section of the population?

Rabwah: People of Rabwah, who are 95% Ahmadis are suffering at the hands of the management of the local Union Council in which they have no representation. The Council is duty bound to provide water to the residents for their daily needs; it collects water charges from them regularly. However, on account of its inefficiency and lack of representative nature, it has failed to provide this basic and most essential need of the population. Rabwah is located on the right bank of the capacious river Chenab; there is no reason why the town should suffer from water shortage. The heat of the summer makes the plight of citizens worse. Young boys and girls moving from door to door, begging for water is a common sight here, and is ample evidence of the incompetence and insensitivity of the local Union Council. Senior Nazims in the line of District Government have also a responsibility to ensure that people of Rabwah are not deprived of their basic needs.

1.	Eight Ahmadis of Chak Sikandar are in prison since September 2003 on fabricated charges of murder they did not commit. The other two were released on bail last month.

2.	Four Ahmadis of Takht Hazara are in prison for the last approximately two and half years. At Takht Hazara, five Ahmadis were killed in anti-Ahmadiyya riots. Mullah Athar Shah who precipitated the riots was set free by the court. He is now operating in district Khushab on a similar mission.

3.	A doctor and a teacher of District R. Y. Khan are in prison awaiting bail and trial under Ahmadi-specific law. The case was registered in December 2003.

4.	Mr Muhammad Iqbal of District Faisalabad is awaiting bail and trial in prison on fabricated charge of blasphemy.

5.	Mr Zulfiquar Ali is in prison awaiting bail and trial on ridiculous charge of committing adultery with his own wife.

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