Mahzarnama (The Memorandum) — Page v
Mahzarnama v Hindus and Muslims would cease to be Muslims, not in the religious sense, because that is the personal faith of each individual, but in the political sense as citizens of the State. " [Quaid-e-Azam's Address of 11 August 1947, to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan] The exposition of Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at's position, in the form of Mahzarnama —the Memorandum, which was submitted as a historical document, is being reproduced verbatim in the following pages. After the submission of this document, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at was subjected to a grilling inquisition, for eleven days, in the National Assembly of Pakistan, by the Attorney General of Pakistan and clerics. The then Supreme Head of the worldwide Muslim Jama'at Ahmadiyya, Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih III, personally answered all the allegations that were made, and provided their solid, well-reasoned and conclusive rebuttal. The entire proceedings were recorded by the government but unfortunately, for unknown reasons, the government has so far kept this record a secret. Despite the fact that a long time has elapsed, and several governments have come and gone, the record of these proceedings has, to this day, not been made public. May God bring the day closer when a government of the country may have the ability and courage to publish these proceedings verbatim, so that the entire nation may learn about the reality of the situation: the fact that the position taken by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at was based on truth alone and nothing but the truth. The government of Pakistan required the Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, Hadhrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih III, to present himself personally before the aforesaid Committee of the National Assembly to enunciate his standpoint, and to answer all the questions that may be asked of him on that occasion. He was allowed to have four self-selected