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Criminal Cases Registered Against Ahmadiyya Periodicals & The Daily Alfazl

The Ahmadiyya Community in Pakistan publishes a daily paper namely AL-Fazl, and five magazines. The monthly ‘Misbah’ is a publication for Ahmadi women; the monthly ‘Ansarullah’ is a publication of the organization for Ahmadi men above 40 years of age; the monthly ‘Khalid’, a publication of Ahmadi Youth Organization, the monthly ‘Tashheezul Azhan’ is a children's magazine and the monthly ‘Tahrik-i-Jadid’ is a magazine of Tahrik-i-Jadid, a central body of Ahmadiyya Community that looks after Ahmadi Communities outside Pakistan. Not only that the government authorities proscribed many issues of these publications but also they have implicated the editors, printers and publishers of all the Ahmadiyya periodicals under anti-Ahmadiyya Laws, i.e. PPC 298-B/C etc. This is a continuous process. Here is a summary of such cases registered against the Ahmadiyya press:

The last editor of the Daily ‘Al-Fazl’ Mr. Nasim Saifi faced charges in 40 different cases. He died recently.
The printer of various Ahmadiyya periodicals, Mr. Qazi Munir Ahmad faces charges in 92 various cases.
The publisher of the Daily ‘Al-Fazl’ Mr. Agha Saifullah faces charges in 26 cases.
The editor of the Monthly ‘Ansarullah’, Mr. M.D. Naz faces charges in 18 cases.
The publisher of the Monthly ‘Ansarullah’ Mr. M. Ibrahim, faces charges in 17 cases.
Number of various issues of Ahmadiyya periodicals proscribed by authorities - 400
Number of books/publications published by the Ahmadiyya Community (published before April 1984) proscribed by Government authorities - 62