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Ahmadi doctor shot dead in Pakistan's Peshawar
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], February 14 (ANI): A homeopathic doctor, belonging to the Ahmadi community, was shot dead on Thursday in Peshawar's Bazidkhel area, Dawn reported citing police as saying.
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USCIRF calls Pak to release Ramzan Bibi who is detained under blas
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], January 07 (ANI): United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner James W. Carr on Thursday announced his adoption of Ramzan Bibi, an Ahmadi woman detained in Pakistan under the controversial blasphemy law, through the Religious Prisoners of
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33 including police chief wounded in car bomb blast in Afghanistan
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Kandahar [Afghanistan], December 7 (ANI): As many as 33 people including police chief wounded in a car bomb blast near Daman police headquarters in Kandahar province of Afghanistan, Tolo News reported citing provincial governor spokesperson Bahir Ahmadi.
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Rights bodies urge Pak authorities to probe violence against Ahmad
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
New York [US], November 26 (ANI): Pakistani authorities should urgently and impartially investigate a surge in violent attacks on members of the Ahmadiyya religious community, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said on Thursday. The a
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Ahmadi doctor shot dead in Pakistan over 'religious differences'
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Nankana Sahib [Pakistan], November 21 (ANI): A doctor, belonging to Ahmadi community, was shot dead on Friday, while his father and two uncles suffered injuries when a teenage boy opened fire on them in Punjab's Nankana Sahib.
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India slams Pakistan over Ahmadi man's killing, says sad reflectio
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI): Deploring the killing of an 82-year-old Ahmadi man in Peshawar, India on Thursday slammed Pakistan, saying minority community's space to practice their religion in the country has "shrunk", adding that the recent killing is a reflection of the state of m
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Surge in sectarian violence targeting minorities in Pakistan threa
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], September 17 (ANI): There has been a surge in sectarian violence in Pakistan in recent days with state-backed extremists targeting minorities including Shias and the Ahmadi community.
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Hours before Imran Khan raked up Kashmir issue, Ahmadi man shot de
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], August 14 (ANI): Hours before Pakistan's Prime Minister spoke about Kashmiri people in his Independence Day message, an elderly man from the Ahmadi minority community was shot dead by assailants in Peshawar.
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Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan facing persecution, says report
Updated : 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 1 (ANI): A 168-page report by UK-based All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Ahmadi Muslim Community has revealed details about the discrimination Ahmadi community has been facing in Pakistan, an Islamic Republic country.
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US expresses shock over killing of Tahir Naseem, urges Pak to imme
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 31 (ANI): Expressing shock and outrage over the killing of an American citizen inside Pakistani courtroom, US on Thursday (local time) asked Pakistan to "immediately reform its often abused blasphemy laws and its court system, which allow such abuses to occur."<
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US condemns 'shameful tragedy' of citizen's killing, urges Pak to
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], July 30 (ANI): Terming the killing of an American citizen in Pakistan's courtroom as a "shameful tragedy", the US State Department has called on Islamabad to take immediate action and institute reforms to prevent similar incidents in future.
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Ahmadi man accused of blasphemy shot dead in Peshawar court
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): A man belonging to the minority Ahmadi community, Tahir Ahmad, who was on trial for blasphemy, was shot dead in a courtroom in Peshawar on Wednesday.
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