Do Ahmadis Deserve To Live In Pakistan By Yaseer Latif Hamdani

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Yaseer Latif Hamdani is a young lawyer and political analyst. He graduated from Rutgers University, New Jersey and completed his LLB degree from the University of Lahore. He signed up as an advocate in May 2006. The paternal side of Hamdani had a close link with the Ahmadi sect, his grandfather was an Ahmadi whereas his father who was initially an Ahmadi converted to Islam soon. He is also the author of the book “Mr. Jinnah: myth and reality” in which he argues that Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, wanted a separate democratic state instead of Islamic state which to some extent depicts that he isn’t very profound about Islam., Besides being a lawyer, he is a columnist and features in many leading International and national newspapers and journals like The News, the Daily News Pakistan, the Friday News, and Express Tribune. He is well known for his advocacy against the violation of human rights of minority especially Ahmadis and has written plenty of articles i.e” The 1973 NA proceedings on the Ahmadis issue” (yasserhamdani.com).

The article " Do Ahmadis deserve to live in Pakistan?” was published in the Friday News on September 6, 2012. In this article, Hamdani highlights the problems Ahmadis face as a minority group in the Muslim majority country like Pakistan by giving plenty of examples. He also explains how with the passage of time the problems for Ahmadis have increased. He also tries to explain the importance of the Ahmadi sect in Pakistan by hinting that they had played a vital role in its creation. Hamdani also highlights that Ahmadis are still working for the prosperity of the country but the people and Government of Pakistan do not give them any significant importance and ignore their praiseworthy work b...

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...sentiments towards the ahmadi community which takes away all the appropriateness from his tone.

In the light of above analysis, one can say that the article is well structured with arguments in simple language so that the reader can easily comprehend it. The emotional appeals that the author uses in the article incline the reader towards it. The article serves well to provide knowledge to the common people about the conditions of Ahmadis in Pakistan. However, the biasness of the author and unclear historical reference affects this stance. The author also compares two different situations which confuses the reader and makes him wonder whether the condition is really as worse as depicted in the article. Despite all the weaknesses of the writer, the article is good enough to convince the readers to some extent and make them ponder over the minority rights in Pakistan.

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