This also shows priority of security agencies who let go murderers and hate mongerers of ASWJ promoting anarchy and killings but harass a well known global community preaching peace. Ahmadis are targeted through notorious Anti Ahmadiyya and Anti terrorism laws. There are no such incidents ever recorded in Pakistan's history where Ahmadiyya community members got involved in anti state or terrorist activities while the same cannot be said about their adversaries. Pakistani state must wake up to these unjustified atrocities and remove all elements of state sposored persecution.

Yeah they did not only sealed press but tortured the workers, arrested innocent people and above all raided without any warrants or court orders. As mentioned court has issued an interim order for publishing. Worth to mention printed material is solely for the community and typical within the law and legal formalities. Interestingly a Mullah organization later took credit for this raid and torture and threatened for further persecution! Thank you Govt of Punjab for this terrorizing.

I am not Ahmedi, but why literature sized and factory closed. It is not Islamic. What a shame.

Worst kind of caste system...

What happened to freedom of speech

This is not the way to treat minority communities. Muslims or not they are Pakistani national and must have equal rights.

Tribute to Abdus Salam

What's the white colour in the flag again?

So police can go on to harass the peaceful staff and try to violate the court rulings!! No stopping for them.

It is a tragedy of Pakistan - Self righteousness prevails. A prerequisite for national progress and success is inclusiveness and not exclusiveness.

So called press freedom

Proceedings should be launched against responsible officers of CTD for contempt of Court.

Four have been arrested

While secterian militants hold public gatherings in the capital and even make their way to assemblies, peaceful citizens can not even follow their religion privately.

Who will comment on this. We need moral courage which we dont have!

Why? We live in so called democracy. Everybody should have freedom of speech.

another tragedy among many others

Whatever happened to freedom of expression ? is it democracy or theocracy

So what? They have a right to their literature like Christians, Hiindus, Shias, Sunnis, Ismailis, etc.

Why are we brutalizing this community??????????????????????????????

Oh no, here we go again.

And no action against terrorists of LeJ and Lal Masjid, what a joke!

They live and work in Rabwah, otherwise known as Chenab Nagar, and the publications in question have been going on since the beginning, they are banned outside may be but its the papers of the community, they don't sell it like other papers, so in my pov, they can do whatever they want within the confined of their community, if Ismailis and Parsis can do it and no one has an issue, why point of Ahmadis?

The police has enough time to go after peaceful citizens but no time to catch criminals. All faiths should be allowed to practice and preach as long as it is peaceful. The state has no business in personal affairs and beliefs.

The prophet did not force people to convert or place restrictions on non-muslims so who are we to enforce our beliefs on others.

The sooner people of Pakistan adopt this basic human principle and accept it the better for them in this world and the hereafter.

It's very sad that Pakistan is giving a clear message that minorities aren't welcome there. What happen to the white part of the flag?

Stupid action! Leave the Ahmadis alone

Another sad day in Pakistan.

Ridiculous act by authorities, rather than fighting and dealing with terrorists they have again acted against a peaceful and peace loving community who are busy in spreading message of Love for all and Hatred for none!!!

I want to congratulate counter terrorism department on its great achievement. This performance is examplery, simply outstanding. They should continue this good work going. Confiscate all publications by peaceful communities and there is no need to pay any attention to National inaction plan, terrorists in our seminaries will eventually grow old and die. So why bother let the nature take its course.

What was so treasonous about these books? It seems that mere association with anything Ahmadi is grounds for outlawing!

Whatever happened to religious freedom?

This is a violation of religious freedom. When they have been already marginalized in every conceivable way, why add more pressure to them? Millions of Ahmadis had moved to European country and Pakistan is just deprived of their talent, money and entrepreneurship.

We want equality from the whole world. And Yes We hate Trump as according to us he is an icon of discrimination in America. But interestingly we are oppressing every minority in a country where we are in majority. The worst part is that we even justify all discriminations by certain rationales.

Very shameful. Religious desciminition at the government level. This same government allows gathering of banned extremist organizations few days ago.

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) did a great job. The suspects must be punished for violating the law of the land.

This is blatant injustice against a peaceful community. Instead of focusing on terrorists in Punjab as said by Maulana Tahir ul Qadri, the Punjab government is showing its muscles against already persecuted minority.

Shame on the police. Curropt police givibg a bad name to pakistan. We need to progress now. We need to stop all this.

Intolerance towards others at its peak and you have the gaul to point fingers at others. How shameful and how shameless.

A highly shameful act by the corrupt and politicized Punjabolice to arrest innocent peace loving and law abiding citizens belonging to a minority sect. Is this how the government of Punjab executing its National Action Plan? Instead of catching the terrorists they are supporting terrorists and on their pressure harassing a peaceful community.

We want justice to ahmedia community in Pakistan. They are also humans.

Sad

Saddened to see my country have so much descriminations and anise of minorities

Ahmedi community people are our brothers and sisters. Swift action needs to be taken on anyone who breaks the law.

State sanctioned persecution of the minorities.... Where is the government claiming to promote democracy? A government that cannot protect the weak, minorities needs to be ashamed of the progress it claims!

The action taken by CTD violates basic human rights and goes against the Islamic ideology of Pakistan. What kind of Islamization is this where government officials are taking unlawful violence against innocent people.

Law is for all. No banned publications should be allowed.

Caste system is evil in all the societies..

Well, let's not be judges here. If it is really hate-promoting literature, it needs to be banned no matter who does it. Otherwise, I believe Pakistan is for all.

@Farhan And when in the same democracy, some people grab a victory, you cry? Come on!

Let them practice and believe what they want. It's their right.

I am not an Ahmedi but I fail to understand why Pakistan is prosecuting this sect. They are the ones who provided us with Dr Salam.

What a great tragedy?

They should have been given all the rights of other minorities. Don't harass them

What rights do the ahmedi's dont have that the majority of Pakistani's have?

Punjab Counter Terror Department should be renamed as Punjab Counter for Terrorism. This is not without reason. The Ahmadiyya Community is known for its peaceful preaching of whatever religious beliefs it professes. When its offices are raided by anti terror forces one surely is surprised.

one is not sure about the seditious and treasonable contents, but if the authorities move with the same alacrity to trace and nab the culprits from other banned outfits, it will be appriciable

Pathetic move by the police - so sad as this is the most peaceful community in Pakistan

I am finding it hard to believe that people who were caught were ahmadi..

Ahmadi er most peaceful community on earth. We have a lot to learn from them. we need them more than any other!

Surprising to see such laws by government