The Riots of 1953 — Page 96
96 Mirza Sherif Ahmad was sentenced to one year’s rigorous imprisonment and Rs 10,000/- fine. To Counsel, contd. - Q. Where from did you get all these details? A. I got them partly from the official reports and partly from my inquiries, being a person interested in these gentlemen, as to what had happened. Q. Do you know that Maulana Maudoodi was sentenced to death for an offence under section 153-A, read with some Martial Law Regulation, although this offence is normally punishable with the maximum penalty of two years’ rigorous imprisonment? A. I do not know the technical particulars, but I know he was also convicted. Q. Do you know General Haya-ud-Din? Is he an Ahmadi? A. Yes. He used to be an Ahmadi at one time, but I have not met him for some time and do not know where he is an Ahmadi now. Q. Is it correct that Mian Ziauddin is an Ahmadi? A. He was at no time an Ahmadi. Apart from the Foreign Service officers, nobody who is holding a diplomatic appointment on behalf of the Government of Pakistan, as Ambassador or Minister, is an Ahmadi, nor has any Ahmadi at any time held any such post. To Mr. Mazhar Ali Azhar, on behalf of Majlis-i-Ahrar: Q. Did you make the speech, Ex. D. E. 119, on the 8th of August 1952, in the Ahmadiyya Hall at Karachi? A. I have on several occasions delivered the Friday sermon and sometimes even otherwise addressed meetings of the commu- nity. This report could not possibly be a correct representation of anything I may have said because it describes one or two incidents quite inaccurately which had been published by me