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Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 16 (ANI): The Pakistan government has given a free hand to the 'mullahs' (Muslim clergymen) who closely collaborate with terrorist groups and create problems worldwide, like the recent terror attack in Pulwama, leaders of the country's persecuted Ahmadiyya community said here on Saturday.
The leaders of the Ahmadiyya community, a minority sect of Muslims, also highlighted how in Pakistan they are being denied even the basic rights like practising their religion and voting besides being targeted with false cases of blasphemy.
During an event held here on the sidelines of a conference of the UN Human Rights Session (UNHRC), the community leaders sought to draw the international focus on Pakistan-bred terrorism besides demanding an amendment to the draconian laws targeting them in Pakistan.
"The Government of Pakistan has given a free hand to 'mullahs' and they hold the writ of the government," said Iftikhar Ayaz, an Ahmadiyya leader and chairman of London-based International Human Rights Committee.
"They (mullahs) have relations with terrorist organizations and...
