In a glaring display of Pakistan’s systemic failure and deep-rooted sectarian bias, Additional District and Sessions Judge Farrukh Hameed has acquitted all seven accused in the brutal murders of three members of the Ahmadiyya community—victims of cold-blooded sectarian violence in 2019 and 2021. This verdict is not just a miscarriage of […]
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 […]