Khalifatul-Masih IV — Page 22
MIGRATION TO GREAT BRITAIN After praying to God and seeking advice from the elders of the Community, Hazrat rta decided the best plan would be to leave Pakistan. However, Zia-ul-Haq had ordered the Khalifah to be arrested and there was an order throughout Pakistan to prevent the Imam of the Ahmadiyya Jama’at from leaving the country. Little did they know, Allah had a plan of His own! The order which they issued, had the wrong name on it. It said not to allow Mirza Nasir Ahmad rta to leave the country. Now, Mirza Nasir Ahmad rta was the previous Khalifah who had passed away two years ago. The order was supposed to have the name of Mirza Tahir Ahmad rta on it, but Allah caused them to make this enormous mistake on their own. A couple of hours after midnight—at 2:00 a. m. —Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad rta was at the Karachi airport to board his plane to leave Pakistan. The Karachi airport security officers noticed that his passport listed that he was the Imam of the Ahmadiyya Jama’at, but because his name was different from the name on the arrest warrant, they needed to verify that he was the one they should arrest. However, because it was so late into the night, there were no offices open that