The accounts of the torture meted out to Abdul Qudoos Ahmad, an Ahmadi school teacher, are gory and mind numbing. The fact that police were complicit in this heinous act exacerbates the woes of his bereaved family. Their plight is unimaginable; the guardians of justice – who are expected to provide recourse, are the culprits here. This is not the first time that humanity has been shamed in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Ahmadis have been rendered outcasts in their …
The use of social media by mainstream media outlets has increase dramatically over the past few years. And by grace of God, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community has been quick to adapt to these diverse changes. Majlis Ansar Sultan ul Qalam has played a significant role in defending the beliefs of Islam Ahmadiyya through social and mainstream media platforms. Now Khudam-ul-Ahmadiyya Muqami has also joined in to create MASQ Muqami a local division of Majlis Sultan ul Qalam. Sultan ul Qalam …
Thousands of Ahmadis from Pakistan are making their way to India to take part in the 120th annual convention of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Qadian (Punjab, India). The three day convention which will take place from 26th to 28th December 2011 will be attended by tens of thousands of Ahmadi delegates from India as well as from neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. To make the journey easy for the delegates a major transport operation is underway. Over …
Rabwah’s central most road Aqsa Road that connects the Sargodha Road bus stop and Fazle Omar hospital to Aqsa Roundabout has seen a huge increase in the number of illegal card vendors occupying public space in the past year or so. Rabwah’s main bazar has been practically over run by street vendors who come in from adjoining townships to sell their goods, from push carts to donkey carts every single inch of public space has been snatched up, with barely …
Sheikh Tahir Ahmad who served as S.H.O (Senior Head Officer) at Rabwah Police Station was fired upon from a car by unknown gunmen and killed while he was on Patrol. Police has sealed off the surrounding areas and over 33 people have been arrested on suspicion of murder and have been moved to an unknown place. Tahir was currently appointed at the Chiniot City Police Station. Police in Rabwah is known to have links with land mafia and drug dealers. …
With the sort of things we see, hear and observe in this day and age, you might be tempted to think nothing can surprise you anymore. But last month I met Sitara Brooj Akbar, and my sceptical bubble was entirely burst. Scoring a Band 7 on your IELTS exam is pretty impressive when you’re in your 20s, it is nothing short of amazing when you are Sitara, who is all of 11 years old. When I saw her at the …
Robbers murdered a 80-year-old woman and took away gold ornaments, cash and other valuables in three strike here the other day. As per detail, the incident occurred in Mohallah Nasirabad of Rabwah where unidentified intruders killed a 80-year-old woman Amatul Majeed. She was alone in the house when the culprits stormed the house.
It was in the August of 1947 that Pakistan got its independence, and the 2nd head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the time His Holiness Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad worked side by side with Muhammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan. And at times when Jinnah had given up on the idea of Pakistan he forced him to rejoin politics and work for the cause of Muslims in the Indian subcontinent. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947 most of …
Over 2,500 Students of Nusrat Girls High school Rabwah risk their lives every day for the sake of education. Nusrat Girls High school the oldest educational institution established in 1949 was declared not only unsafe but dangerous by the authorities in 1997. A decade has passed since the building was declared dangerous but so far no action has been taken by Punjab’s Education Department to renovate the now decaying building. Teachers have also expressed their grave concerns over the fragile …