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Fazle Umar 308 within a short period of time. F I R ST A L L P A K I STA n I n T E R - C OL L E G IAT E dE b AT E Despite opposition, the college rapidly progressed in curricular and extra cur- ricular activities. The first All Pakistan Inter-College debate was held in February 1950. Teams of Ta’limul Islam College speakers took part in debates held in other colleges around, despite anti-Ta’limul Islam College slogans and hooliganism when Ta’limul Islam College students rose to speak, they continuously brought honors for their col- lege. This success was repeated in the sports events. T A ’ LIMUL I SLAM C OLLEGE d URI n G THE TUR b ULE n T y EAR 1953 The year 1953 is remembered in the history of Pakistan as a year of widespread political turmoil in which the city of Lahore was specially implicated. Political issues bent them into an anti-Movement by politicians and the Mullahs. An Ahmadi college student Jamal Ahmad, who was passing by, was martyred by an unruly mob in Bhati Gate area, Lahore. Lawlessness continued until Marshal Law was promulgated by Gen- eral Muhammad Azam Khan to control the situation. Sahibzada Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Principal Ta’limul Islam College, was arrested at a petty pretext to please the Mullahs. T A ’ L I M U L I SL A M C OL L E G E AT R A bw A H Since migration from India, The Community had been looking and praying to seek help from God for guidance to get a suitable site to establish the Community’s headquarters in Pakistan. The present site on the bank of the River Chenab was decided, and the land was obtained on lease from the government. Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] wanted the college to be shifted to Rabwah as soon as possible, where the foundations of college buildings had already been laid. As soon as the college and