Fear clung to the two elderly men in the grainy video, their cuffed and chained hands a heart-wrenching symbol of helplessness. Around them, a hostile crowd roared slogans about the “finality of Prophethood,” their voices heavy with intolerance and anger. Men in black coats—the familiar uniform of Pakistan’s legal profession—stood not […]
On a Friday meant for peace and prayer, the streets of Karachi bore witness to unspeakable horror. Laeeq Ahmad Cheema, a 46-year-old father, husband, and respected member of Pakistan’s persecuted Ahmadiyya community, was mercilessly lynched in Karachi’s Saddar area. He died on the street, bleeding and broken, long before he could […]
In a country where the promise of religious freedom rings hollow for many minorities, Pakistan continues to slide deeper into a quagmire of religious extremism. The recent incident in Kasur, Punjab, lays bare a harrowing reality — the persistent and systematic persecution of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, a community already marginalized […]