When a Balochistan resident identified himself as Ahmadi to Pakistani census officials, he was chased out of the mosque where they had gathered families to be counted.
Source/Credit: The Nation
By Opinion (Excerpts) | May 22, 2017
While the census draws to a close, the final figures are what the nation is waiting for.
Some marginalised, attacked and subject to unsubstantiated blasphemy charges, Pakistan’s religious minorities are hoping the country’s first census since 1998 will be a step towards greater political representation and rights.
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But then there is a dark side to this.
Not all religious minorities are eager to make themselves known.
Ahmadis, a minority sect declared non-Muslims by law number an estimated 500,000 and are victims of persecution and violence.
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