Ahmadi Muslim doctor slain in Pakistan honoured for serving humanity

Ahmadiyya Times

About 100 relatives, friends and colleagues gathered Saturday south of Columbus to remember 51-year-old Qamar, of nearby Pickerington. The ceremony was held at an Ahmadiyya worship place.

A memorial in central Ohio has honored an American cardiologist shot and killed last month in Pakistan in front of his wife and toddler. Police say two gunmen riding a motorcycle shot Mehdi Ali Qamar as his family left a cemetery after visiting relatives’ graves. He was from the minority Ahmadi community of Pakistan. About 100 relatives, friends and colleagues gathered Saturday south of Columbus to remember 51-year-old Qamar, of nearby Pickerington. The ceremony was held at an Ahmadiyya worship place. The Columbus Dispatch reports that speakers at the memorial remembered Qamar as a man dedicated to serving humanity. A statement from the Ahmadiyaa Community said thousands of people attended Qamar’s funeral two weeks ago in Toronto. Qamar had dual U.S. and Canadian citizenship.