Karachi: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain on Monday condemned the desecration of the graves of Ahmadi community in Lahore, a metropolitan of Pakistan.
Over 100 tombstones were desecrated by unidentified men at an Ahmadi graveyard in the Model Town area of Lahore early Monday morning.
Eyewitnesses said 12 to 15 masked men, carrying weapons and excavation tools, had entered the graveyard in Model Town Q Block between 1:30am and 1:45am.
The perpetrators removed and broke the tombstones of graves. They also told the caretakers that they were not supposed to write the Kalima or Bismillah on the tombstones because, “Ahmadis are infidels.”
Later, the perpetrators ran off in a hurry when a policeman, who is from the Ahmadi community and a guard at one of their worship places, arrived and fired in the air.
In a statement issued on Monday, the MQM chief said that removing tombstones from the graves of Ahmadis was an un-Islamic and unethical act.
“The Punjab government should arrest the culprits involved in the incident and ensure safety and rights of the minorities in the country,” Mr. Hussain said.
Meanwhile, the PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also condemned the incident and urged nation to show respect for the minorities.
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