MIRPURKHAS: Miscreants fired gunshots at an Ahmadi place of worship in Satellite Town, Mirpurkhas on Saturday night.
A representative from the Ahmadiyya community’s press section confirmed the news with Dissent Today.
احمدیوں کی عبادتگاہوں پر ایک اور حملہ
سیٹیلائٹ ٹاون میر پور خاص میں گذشتہ رات 4فروری ساڑھے آٹھ بجے نامعلوم فرد نے فائرنگ کی . جس کی گولیاں دروازے اور دیوار پر لگی ہیں۔اس وقت چند احمدی اندر موجود تھے@BBhuttoZardari @sindhpolicedmc8
احمدیوں کو تحفظ فراہم کریں@AAliZardari pic.twitter.com/GMymOZ00mc— AmirMahmood (@IamAmirMahmood) February 5, 2023
There were a few people inside the worship place at the time of the incident.
Journalist Bilal Farooqi also urged the authorities to stop the “ugly trend of targeting Ahmadi ‘worship places'”.
On Saturday at 8pm in Satellite Town, Mirpurkhas, miscreants fired gunshots at an Ahmadi ‘worship place’. Bullets struck its gate & wall. There were few Ahmadi worshippers inside at the time. Ugly trend of targeting Ahmadi ‘worship places’ continues & authorities need to stop it pic.twitter.com/4fdoGxQfoA
— Bilal Farooqi (@bilalfqi) February 5, 2023
There has been an increase in attacks against Ahmadi worship places recently.
Another #Ahmadi place of worship shot at, the night of February 4 in Satellite Town, MirPur Khas, per #Ahmadiyya press office. Fourth attack at an Ahmadi place of worship in Feb 2023, and 6th of this year. 5 of this 6 attacks are in Sindh. @nchrofficial @mohrpakistan pic.twitter.com/CjeavvlDKW
— Rabia Mehmood – رابعہ (@Rabail26) February 5, 2023
Earlier, unknown miscreants vandalised a place of Ahmadi worship in Karachi, a video of which was widely circulated on social media. The video showed that the policemen deployed outside the site tried to keep away the miscreants but were unable to control the charged mob.
پریڈی اسٹریٹ تھانے کراچی میں احمدی ہم وطنوں کی عبادت گاہ کے مینار اور محرابیں توڑ دی گئیں۔ لاکھ لعنت ہے ان آئی ایم ایف والوں سے بھیک مانگنے والے مطالعہ پاکستان کے سوزاک میں مبتلا جاہلوں پر۔ pic.twitter.com/WalVQg99uO
— Wajahat Masood (@wajahatmasood) February 5, 2023
A representative from the Ahmadi press section also shared a list of attacks on Ahmadi worship places this year with Dissent Today.
According to the list, police in Wazirabad destroyed the minarets of a worship place on January 10th; miscreants destroyed the minarets of a worship place in Karachi on January 18th. In a similar attack, minarets of a worship place in Saddar Karachi were also destroyed on February 2nd. Miscreants also set fire to two Ahmadi worship places in Umerkot and Mirpurkhas, respectively, on February 3rd.
