Miscreants put two places of worship belonging to the Ahmadi community on fire in Sindh within a span of 24 hours.
In the first incident, unidentified men torched the place of worship and damaged its minarets in Chaudhry Javed Ahmad village of the Mirpurkhas district.
The next day, some miscreants scaled another Ahmadi place of worship in Noor Nagar area of Umerkot and put it on fire.
The aforesaid act of arson resulted in damage to the floor and chairs in the hall of the place of worship.
Last month, unidentified miscreants damaged the minarets of an Ahmadi place of worship in Karachi, as those responsible for earlier such incidents reportedly remain at large.
Two days ago, unidentified miscreants damaged the minarets of an Ahmadi place of worship in Karachi, the second such incident in the city in two weeks, according to a spokesperson of the community.
Some 5-10 miscreants appeared at Ahmadiya Hall, Saddar and used the bench of a nearby food stall to climb the structure.
They then damaged the minarets of the worship place with hammers, as others who accompanied them raised chants against the community.
A file photo of the place of worship in Noor Nagar, Umerkot.
The culprits then managed to flee from the scene. There were two police personnel at the scene who did not intervene.
The community filed an application for the registration of an FIR against the incident. The spokesperson further said that a man had submitted an application at Preedy police station in Sep 2020, claiming that the minarets at the worship place resembled those of a mosque.
Last month, unidentified miscreants damaged the minarets of an Ahmadi place of worship in Karachi, as those responsible for earlier such incidents reportedly remain at large.
Also, police razed minarets of a place of worship of the community, in Wazirabad. The razing took place in the Moti Bazaar area.
Unidentified men entered the worship place located at Martin Road of the city via a ladder and damaged the minarets.
When police reached the scene of the incident, the miscreants left the hammer at the roof of the place of worship and fled the scene.
Also, police razed minarets of a place of worship of the community, in Wazirabad. The razing took place in the Moti Bazaar area.
Pointing to a discriminatory approach, the spokesperson termed the act to be against the 2014 verdict of the top court, issued for protection of the places of worship.
“Such actions [of desecration of places of worship] are bringing a bad name for Pakistan in the world,” he was quoted as saying.
