Over to police: Plea against Ahmedi graves disposed of
An additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) on Wednesday disposed of a petition seeking a case against the administration of an Ahmedi graveyard and the families of those buried there over the inscription of Quranic verses and the Kalma on some graves.
ADSJ Malik Tariq Mehmood Zargham directed petitioner Tufail Raza to approach the police station concerned and record his statement with the station house officer (SHO).
Raza said in the petition that he had seen the inscriptions on the graves when he passed through the graveyard in Liaqatabad on July 13.
He said that the Ahmedi community had been declared non-Muslims via Article 260(3)(a) and (b), while Section 298(c) of the Pakistan Penal Code provided for a prison term for Ahmedis who “directly or indirectly, pose as Muslims”. Raza said that he had visited the police station concerned to lodge a case against the families of those buried in graves which had Quranic verses inscribed on them, but the SHO did not listen to him. He asked the court to direct the SHO to register a case against the families and the administration of the graveyard. The court directed the petitioner to approach the SHO, who would record his statement and proceed in according with the law.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 4th, 2012.
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Pathetic and shameful. Disgraceful. No wonder Pakistan is going down and down in morality and civic ethics.
So much hue and cry has been made in English Media at least. But it seems whole has gone deaf to the ears of civil society of Pakistan. Alive already suffering. Now dead Ahmadies also have to face the anti-Ahmadiyya laws. Is there any sensible voice left in this society of Pakistan. For God sake show some logic and wisdom. Country already facing wrath of God. Instead mending the ways why nation wants to become totally immoral.
Does the petitioner want these dead and buried Ahmadis to be punished according to 298 (c) and be sent to prison?
Atleast let those who have passed away rest in peace. Instead of worrying about them the petitioner should be concerned about his own eventual internment.