Consider this scenario: officially more than 100 people were killed in attacks on Ahmedi mosques in Lahore on Friday, May 28, 2010. Unofficially, Ahmedis say that more than 150 are dead. The media very quickly started calling the mosques as “place of worship” for they fear that the wrath of mullas would be on them. Suddenly the Aalmi Majlis-e-Tahffuz-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwat springs into action and demands “removal of Qadiyanis from ‘key’ posts immediately”. the meeting was reported prominently in Monday’s Jang and can be accessed here:
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The meeting is held in Sargodha of all places and chaired by none other than Senator Sajid Mir who is elected on a PML-N ticket.
The meeting demands removal of Qadiyanis from all important positions and says that “masajid say mushabiha Qadyani Ibadatgahon kay naqshay tabdeel karaye jayen”. This is absolutely absurd by the mullas and is tantamount to spreading hatred at a time when the Ahmedis have been attacked in broad daylight. I have a very basic question to the mullas. Are they in key positions because they are Ahmedis or are they there because of their education and merit? I wish our mullas were educated enough to get to key positions in the country.
PML-N’s role is also not clear at this point in time. Sajid Mir is an important Senator, PML-N is ruling Punjab and the incident happened in Lahore only. I believe one of the attacked locations is close to Nawaz Sharif’s Model Town residence. Some sense has to prevail right now and PML-N has to play a positive role right now.
As far as the media is concerned, be a little considerate. We have lost more than 100 good Pakistanis. Please do not rub salt on someone’s wounds. Jang group’s key journalist, Hamid Mir has already been tainted by his comments against the Ahmedis. Some discretion is warranted from the media going forward.
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