E/CN.4/1995/91 page 68 Agha Saifullah and Qazi Munir Ahmed, respectively, chief editor, publisher and printer of the daily newspaper Al Fazal published in 1993 and the June 1993 issue of Ansarullah. The Deputy Commissioner of Jhang is said to have addressed the following letter to the Jhang police concerning the Al Fazal question: ’Subject: Proceedings against Al Fazal. Memorandum. Please find enclosed a copy of the 2 November, 20 September, 20 and 9 October 1993 issues of Al Fazal, in which the ’gadianis’ (Ahmadis) propagated or preached their faith. By claiming to be Muslims, they are offending the religious feelings of Muslims. The district magistrate of Jhang considers that the guilt of the chief editor and the publishers has been established under the terms of article 298 C of the Penal Code. We therefore request you to institute criminal proceedings against the chief editor’. The charges against the monthly Ansarullah publication are reportedly the following: ’The district magistrate considers that the chief editor [...] has preached the Ahmadi faith in this publication, thereby committing an offence under article 298 C of the Penal Code’. Two other complaints were reportedly made on 21 January 1994 under article 298 C and four more were made on 15 February against the chief editor, publisher and printer of Al Fazal. The Deputy Commissioner of Jhang is said to be the complainant in all these cases. On 7 February, the Chiniot magistrate is reported to have rejected the requests by the five journalists for release on bail and is said also to have charged them with blasphemy under article 295 C, an offence which is punishable by death. The five men were reportedly remanded in custody and imprisoned in Chiniot. Their request for release on bail was reportedly finally accepted on 7 March and they are said to have been released. Proceedings are currently under way in the Rabwah Court (Punjab province). The Christian minority A number of Pakistanis who are of the Christian faith or have converted to Christianity are reported to have been victims of the blasphemy laws. In addition to the cases mentioned by the Special Rapporteur in document E/CN.4/1992/52 and in the communication of 8 November 1993, i.e. those of Naimat Ahmer, Tahir Iqbal and Gul Masih, it is reported that some 25 Christians have been accused of blasphemy since April 1994. The following cases have been drawn to the attention of the Special Rapporteur: