MUZAFFARABAD: Leaders of the International Khatm-i-Nabuwwat Protection Council’s Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) chapter on Monday called for the immediate enforcement of resolutions passed by the AJK Legislative Assembly, recommendations of the Islamic Ideological Council (IIC), and judgments of the high court to ensure constitutional and legal protection of the belief in the finality of prophethood.

The demand was made during a press briefing addressed by Maulana Ameenul Haq Farooqi, Maulana Abdul Malik Siddiqui and Maulana Adil Khurshid, long with other leaders.

The speakers said belief in the finality of prophethood was the foundation of Islam and the cornerstone of the Muslim Ummah’s faith, stressing that denying it amounted to rejecting Islam itself. They said the doctrine was firmly established through verses of the Holy Qur’an and the traditions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and was upheld by the consensus of the Muslim Ummah that anyone claiming prophethood after him, or believing in such a claim, fell outside the fold of Islam.

Referring to Mirza Ghulam Ahmed Qadiani’s claim of prophethood, the leaders said it was aimed at undermining Muslim unity, a move that the Muslim Ummah had from the outset declared a mischief and consistently resisted.

They recalled that the AJK Legislative Assembly had passed a resolution on April 28, 1973, moved by Major retired Sardar Muhammad Ayub Khan, approving three demands

The leaders noted that Pakistan’s National Assembly declared Qadianis a non-Muslim minority on September 7, 1974, and that the 1984 Anti-Qadiani Ordinance was enforced in AJK in 1985 during the tenure of Gen Ziaul Haq, thereby implementing clause (c) of the 1973 resolution.

They said clause (a) of the resolution was implemented on February 6, 2018, through an amendment to the AJK Interim Constitution declaring Mirzais non-Muslims. However, clause (b) relating to registration and the structuring of the electoral and constitutional system on that basis remained unimplemented.

“Under the existing framework, if a Qadiani does not disclose his identity, he can be registered as a voter as a Muslim, and there is no clear constitutional barrier preventing him from attaining offices such as president or prime minister,” they said, adding that eligibility for these offices in AJK was limited to being a Muslim, without an effective verification mechanism.

Published in Dawn, February 3rd, 2026