(For further details refer to ‘Restrictions on Press and Publications’ in ‘Categories of Persecution’)
| No | Description of cases | Number of cases |
| 1 | Number of cases instituted against the daily Alfazl under instructions from government authorities | 28 |
| 2 | Number of cases instituted against the daily Alfazl by the opponents | 16 |
| 3 | Number of cases against the monthly Ansarullah by the authorities | 12 |
| 4 | Number of cases against the monthly Ansarullah by the opponents | 8 |
| 5 | Number of cases against the monthly Misbah by the authorities | 7 |
| 6 | Number of cases against the monthly Misbah by the opponents | 1 |
| 7 | Number of cases against the monthly Khalid by the authorities | 10 |
| 8 | Number of cases against the monthly Khalid by the opponents | 1 |
| 9 | Number of cases against the monthly Tashheez by the authorities | 5 |
| 10 | Number of cases against the monthly Tashheez by the opponents | 5 |
- Former editor of the daily ‘Al-Fazl’ Mr. Nasim Saifi (since deceased) faced charges in 40 different cases.
- The printer of various Ahmadiyya periodicals, Qazi Munir Ahmad faces charges in 92 cases.
- The publisher of the daily ‘Al-Fazl’ Agha Saifullah faces charges in 26 cases.
- Former editor of the monthly ‘Ansarullah’, Mr. M.D. Naz faces charges in 18 cases.
- Publishers of the monthly ‘Ansarullah’ face charges in 17 cases.
- Number of various issues of Ahmadiyya periodicals proscribed by the authorities – 402
- The authorities issued orders in 2012 to ban Ahmadi women’s monthly Misbah and initiated similar action against the daily Al-Fazl. These orders were later stayed by the court.
- In May 2015, the authorities in Punjab banned the daily Al-Fazl, the monthlies Khalid, Ansarullah and Tehrik Jadid; however these orders were stayed by the Lahore High Court.
- Mr. Tahir Mahdi Imtiaz, printer of the monthly Ansarullah and Tehrik Jadid etc spent a long time in prison.
- At present all periodicals and the daily Alfazal are banned publication since Mian Shahbaz Sharif’s days.
- No relief has been provided by the PTI government.
July 31, 2021
Note: All Ahmadiyya periodicals are banned in Pakistan since May 2015.
