KHADIM-E-ALA SHAHBAZ SHARIF WHERE ARE YOU?

Oh Great Khadim-e-Ala, Khadim-e-Punjab where are you?  Why are you silent?  From Dawn Frontpage today:

Govt silence sounds death knell for Faisalabad Ahmedis

By Nasir Jamal
Saturday, 17 Apr, 2010

LAHORE, April 16: It is no longer just a doorbell for Mohammad Iqbal and his family; instead it has a ring of alarm about it. As a boy goes to answer the call the other inhabitants form a line of defence behind him should the visitor turn out to be an unwelcome one. Usually the door stays shut until the visitor’s identity is established and his intent known.

It’s been like this since March 8 when four men kidnapped Iqbal’s teenage son Bilal and nephew Shiraz from Iqbal’s home in Madina Town, a middle class locality in Faisalabad, after robbing the household. The kidnappers told the boys later that their family had been targeted because of their Ahmedi faith.