Do Ahmadis deserve to live in Pakistan? The article “Do Ahmadis deserve to live in Pakistan? » is written by Yasser Latif Hamdani on August 31, 2012. Yasser Hamdani is a lawyer and writer based in Lahore, Pakistan. He wrote prolifically for the Daily Times Pakistan. He also writes for the Friday Times and Express Tribune. As a lawyer, Yasser Latif Hamdani has argued several public interest litigations before the Lahore High Court, including the Bhagat Singh case and the YouTube case in which he argued for unblocking of the website. He is also well known for his advocacy for an end to the persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan and for their equal right to vote. Ahmadis are a branch of Muslims who believe in the five pillars and articles of faith required of Muslims, but differ from other Muslims primarily in the status of their founder, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, as a prophet within the Islam. They also believe in the continuation of divine revelation. They believe that God continues to communicate with his elect in the same way that he would have done in the past. In this text, the author discusses the atrocities committed against Ahmadis on the basis of their religion. Conditions were not the same for Ahmadis before the 1974 constitutional amendment which declared the community non-Muslim. The author further discusses and gives examples of the violence and inequality committed against Ahmadis today. The reader thinks that the author is only highlighting the facts and current events without giving his personal opinion. He seems to be speaking out in favor of the Ahmadis without giving any indication of what he believes about the situation... middle of paper ...... he has done a very religious duty in portraying the Ahmadis as non-Muslim. The reader feels that the writer has given good examples to prove his point of view, but he would have achieved considerable results if he had given more facts about the contribution of Ahmadis to the government of Pakistan. For example, he could have said that Pakistan's first foreign minister and the president of the United Nations General Assembly were also Ahmadis. The success of the 1965 war was also due to an Ahmadi general. The author blamed government authorities for starting a religious struggle, but he could also have said that Pakistani governments have always resorted to an anti-Ahmadia stance to stay in power and distract from their own failures. No matter what they do to Ahmadis, religious intolerance remains the hallmark of Pakistan as a state and as a culture..