PML-N Senator Mushahidullah Khan, during the Senate session, referred to the controversy surrounding the National Commission on Minorities and questioned its timing, saying the government "couldn't spare the issue during the pandemic".

"Why is Noorul Haq Qadri (religious affairs minister) talking about these things?" he asked.

"Finality of Prophethood (peace be upon him) is not just our issue; it's an issue for the entire Muslim world [...] We as a nation have never discriminated against minorities.

"We can compromise on everything except our faith. I request the government to protect our faith. Put them [Ahmadis] in the minority commission but they must admit that they are non-Muslims."