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Part II – My Life as a Muslim 35 (1893 to 1985) 9. Khan later became Pakistan’s first Foreign Minister, and was further distinguished later in his career as the president of the International Court of Justice at the Hague. As a result of the 1947 partition, the Second Khal ī fah ra decided to migrate the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s center from Qadian, India. A new site of over 1,000 acres was identified called Chak Diggya n which was located in the Punjab province of West Pakistan. This land was approved by the Second Khal ī fah ra and the Pakistani Government was paid the purchase price in 1948. The Second Khal ī fah ra also requested the Ahmadi Community to suggest a new name for the city. Hadrat Maul a n a Jal a l-ud-D i n 9 In his book “Facts are Facts - The Untold Story of India’s Partition” Khan Abdul Wali Khan (1917 to 2006) writes under the sub-title The British Concept of Pakistan : “Chaudhry Zafarullah, a member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council, was asked to submit a map of two dominions. On that subject, on 12 March 1940, Viceroy Lord Linlithgow wrote to the Secretary of Stale [sic, State?] for India: ‘Upon my instruction Zafarullah wrote a memorandum on the subject. Two Dominion States. I have already sent it to your attention. I have also asked him for further clarification, which, he says, is forthcoming. He is anxious, however, that no one should find out that he has prepared this plan. He has, however, given me the right to do with it what I like, including sending a copy to you. Copies have been passed on to Jinnah, and, I think, to Sir Akbar Hydari. While he, Zafarullah, cannot admit its authorship, his document has been prepared for adoption by the Muslim League with a view to giving it fullest publicity. ’ The Viceroy explains this further. Since Zafarullah was a Qadiani he had to be cautious. The Muslims would become irritated if they found that this scheme was prepared by a Qadiani. The Viceroy said that Jinnah had been given a copy to make the Muslim League adopt it and publicise its contents. ” Translation by Dr. Syeda Saiyidain Hameed, Second Edition, November 2004. [Writer]