Nearly 100 graves of the minority Ahmadiya community have been vandalised and desecrated in Pakistan’s Punjab province. With this latest incident, the number of graves of the Ahmadiya community desecrated this year across the country has risen to over 250.
Jamaat-e-Ahmadiyya Pakistan spokesman Amir Mahmood said that the radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) is suspected of vandalising the gravestones of the Ahmadiyya community in Khushab district, around 250km from Lahore, two days ago.
The Mitha Tuwana police station in Khushab district has started investigating the case on the complaint of local Ahmadis. “It is notable that some people associated with Tehreek-e-Labbaik were involved in spreading hatred and inciting violence against local Ahmadiyya residents,” Mahmood said.