NCHR condemns ‘recent murder and attacks on members of the Ahmadiyya community’

The National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has condemned recent murder and attacks on the members of the Ahmadiyya community.

The statement of the commission came after a 62-year-old member of the Ahmadi community named Naseer Ahmad was stabbed to death in Chenab Nagar for allegedly refusing to chant slogans in praise of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) founder Khadim Hussain Rizvi.
“NCHR condemns the recent murder & attacks on members of Ahmadiyya community. Perpetrators of violence must face the full force of the law. FIR lodged in Chanab Nagar PS, accused Shahzad under arrest. NCHR has taken cognisance of the case.”

NCHR condemns the recent murder & attacks on members of Ahmadiyya community. Perpetrators of violence must face the full force of the law. FIR lodged in Chanab Nagar PS, accused Shahzad under arrest. NCHR has taken cognisance of the case. pic.twitter.com/IkI49cwpU1

— National Commission for Human Rights (@nchrofficial) August 15, 2022

A 27-year-old suspect Shehzad Hasan Siyalvi Rizvi was arrested on the spot.

As per media reports, the man was stabbed to death near Lari Adda, Chenab Nagar, by the suspect. “The accused approached Naseer Ahmad, 62, an Ahamdi by faith and asked him to raise slogans of an Islamist party. On Ahmad’s refusal, he repeatedly stabbed and killed him on the spot,” Saleem ud Din, a spokesman for the Ahmadi community, told Reuters.

“We are investigating the motive behind the murder, (the suspect’s) links to any Islamist party have not been found yet,” said Asad Rehman, a senior police officer in Chiniot district.

An investigation team headed by senior officers has been formed to investigate the incident and police are in contact with the victim’s family.