E/CN.4/1992/52 page 79 intervention, the hostility between the two communities subsided and fire set in the houses was extinguished. The property was saved from further damage. Respectables of both the groups were taken into confidence to start the investigation. Two cases, FIR No. 333 and 334, dated 16 July 1989 under sections 302/307/148/149/436 PPC, were registered by the Kharian police station. The majority of the accused from both the sect have been arrested to finalize the investigation on merit. An amount of PRs.2 lacs [200,000] has been sanctioned by the Provincial Government and placed at the disposal of Deputy Commissioner, Gujrat for disbursement to the legal heirs of the four deceased persons killed in the incident. The affected families of Ahmadis consisting of 362 members have since been rehabilitated in the village and they are living peacefully." 63. In a further communication sent on 8 May 1991 addressed to the Government of Pakistan, the following information was transmitted: "According to the information received, Mr. Muhammad Hanif and his brother, Mr. Muhammad Ahsan, Pakistani citizens of Ahmadi faith residing in Multan, were charged under section 298/B-C of the Penal Code with inviting non-Ahmadis to 'leave the religion of Islam and accept the Quadiani religion', and with giving them Quadiani (Ahmadiyya) literature. Allegedly, religious leaders belonging to the Khatme Nabuwat faction and the local police had acquired Ahmadi literature in order to implicate the two men, who are said to have pleaded not guilty, but were reportedly found guilty under Penal Code provisions 298/B TP and 298/C. Each was sentenced to six years' imprisonment, including six months' solitary confinement, and to a fine of 30,000 rupees. It has also been reported that their imprisonment would be extended by an additional 18 months if they failed to pay the fines. It has been reported that there were no defence witnesses at the trial and that the prosecution witnesses made conflicting statements containing discrepancies and inconsistencies, a fact which was allegedly also admitted by the court. According to additional information received, Mr. Naseer Ahmad Alvi (aged 42) was shot by an unknown assailant in Duar District of Nawabshah, Sind province, on 16 November 1990, for being an adherent of the Ahmadi faith. It has been reported that Mr. Mohammad Sadiq Naseem, a bookbinder reported to be currently detained in the police prison in Chiniot, was arrested on 11 December 1990 in Rabwah and was charged with selling a proscribed work of Ahmadi literature, the Seerat Hazrat Masih Maudt to religious leaders who are opposed to the members of the Ahmadiyya community. It has further been reported that the police in Rabwah had arrested Mr. Shakoor Bhai Chashma Wala, an optician, at his shop on 3 December 1990 because he is an Ahmadi and charged him with keeping proscribed Ahmadi literature, such as Dafi-ul Balaa. in his shop.