Counsel for complainant says Dr Ahmed had preached Ahmedi beliefs to a patient and given him books containing blasphemous material. PHOTO: FILE
An additional district and sessions judge on Monday dismissed the after-arrest bail petition of a doctor accused of preaching Ahmedi beliefs and distributing books containing derogatory remarks against some prophets.
Dr Masood Ahmed said he had been implicated in a false case for ulterior motives. Advocate Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhry, counsel for the complainant, said Dr Ahmed had been nominated in an FIR with a specific role and the complainant had audio and video evidence to back his allegations.
Chaudhry said Dr Ahmed had preached Ahmedi beliefs to a patient and given him books containing blasphemous material.
Earlier, a magisterial court had previously dismissed Dr Ahmed’s post-arrest bail application.
The magistrate had said that prima facie, sufficient material was on record to connect Dr Ahmed with the offence.
Thus he was not entitled to bail at that stage.
The FIR registered under Section 298/C at the Old Anarkali police station on behalf of Maulana Muhammad Ehsan states that when he and some friends visited Dr Ahmed’s clinic a few days back the doctor preached Ahmedi beliefs and gave them some books containing derogatory remarks against some prophets.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 17th, 2013.
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@Xnain: Which religion do you have in mind?
@Usman: " If one has a firm belief is in what he thinks is right then it shouldn’t matter." Well that would even prove worshiping Satan as legitimate......Had this argument been true we would never need religion in the first place....
@Xnain:
Discussing religion or having an opinion or telling the other person's his/her belief - what difference does it make? If one has a firm belief is in what he thinks is right then it shouldn't matter.
And I still stand by what I said earlier - He has done nothing wrong!
@Jibran: Discussing a religion is one thing, preaching it is another.
@Saleem: Both who are involved in such activities are killing each other, one day the leader of one side gets shot, the other day the targeted party returns the favor.
@Nikki:
Whats wrong with Mullah?I think you have deliberatly avoided to name some other factors, I thought you always give your an independent and unbiased view but here you seem careful. Do expose the fake one,this is good job.
@Xnain: What activities? Since when discussing religion became a crime?
@Xnain: There is plenty of video and audio evidence against several people who lead groups which preach and practise terror in the name of religion. Why are they allowed to roam freely and carry out their illegal activities?!
@Usman: Sentiment is one thing but reality is another. The newspiece reports that there were both video and audio evidences against him. More likely this person would have been involved in such activities long ago. Otherwise he would have been tapped and framed.
wishing and praying for an intolerance free Pakistan. Pakistan's survivial is not intolerance this factor will ruin our generation.Islam teaches tolerance and Mullaha preaches intolerance, very sad.
This is my frustration coming out.
God is watching us all - I have no words to express my disbelief in Pakistan and its system. This guy being charged is over 70 years old. Show some respect for he hasn't done anything wrong and I mean nothing wrong!