Information on harassment of Ahmadis in
Karachi and Lahore by the Jamaat-i-Islami or its student wing, the
Islami Jamiat-i-Tulab, is currently not available to the IRBDC in
Ottawa.
However, the attached Responses to
Information Request PAK10416 of 4 March 1992 and PAK10351 of 19
February 1992 and their attachments may be noteworthy. In addition,
please find attached a newsletter of 21 October 1991 published by
the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam - Canada, which lists acts of
harassment against Ahmadis, and excerpts of the Human Rights
Commission of Pakistan Newsletter on the situation of Ahmadis
in Pakistan. Finally, please refer to the Amnesty International
report of September 1991, Pakistan - Violations of Human Rights
of Ahmadis available at the Toronto II Documentation Centre (AI
Index: ASA 33/15/91).
Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam
Newsletter [Canada]. October 1991. "A Tale of Persecution," pp.
1-5.
Amnesty International. September 1991.
"Pakistan: Violations of Human Rights of Ahmadis." (AI Index: ASA
33/15/91). London: Amnesty International.
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
1991 [?]. State of Human Rights in Pakistan 1990. Lahore:
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, pp. 75-79.
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Newsletter [Lahore]. January 1991. Vol. 2, No. 1. "Complaints from
Ahmadiyya Community," p. 19
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Newsletter [Lahore]. April 1991. Vol. 2, No. 2. "Political Arrests,
Minorities and Bonded Labour," pp. 12-13.
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Newsletter [Lahore]. April 1990. Vol. 1, No. 1. "Minorities -
Violations Against Ahmadis Continue," p. 6
. April 1990. Vol. 1, No. 1. "Religious
Intolerance - LHC Suspends Sentence," p. 7.
Immigration and Refugee Board
Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 4 March 1992. Response to
Information Request PAK10416.
_____. 19 February 1992. Response to
Information Request PAK10351.
Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam Newsletter
[Canada]. October 1991. "A Tale of Persecution," pp. 1-5.
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
1991 [?]. State of Human Rights in Pakistan 1990. Lahore:
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, pp. 75-79.
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Newsletter [Lahore]. January 1991. Vol. 2, No. 1. "Complaints from
Ahmadiyya Community," p. 19
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Newsletter [Lahore]. April 1991. Vol. 2, No. 2. "Political Arrests,
Minorities and Bonded Labour," pp. 12-13.
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Newsletter [Lahore]. April 1990. Vol. 1, No. 1. "Minorities -
Violations Against Ahmadis Continue," p. 6
_____. April 1990. Vol. 1, No. 1.
"Religious Intolerance - LHC Suspends Sentence," p. 7.
Immigration and Refugee Board
Documentation Centre (IRBDC), Ottawa. 4 March 1992. Response to
Information Request PAK10416.
_____. 19 February 1992. Response to
Information Request PAK10351.