The Promised Son — Page 25
25 was the son of an eminent Lawyer, Chaudhry Nasrullah Khan, who had devoted his life to the Jama’at. Asadullah was the younger brother of Sir Chaudhry Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan, President of the United Nations, and Chief Justice at the International Court of Justice at the Hague. The two visited the site and reported back to Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad ra that the site was feasible and recommended that if Hazrat Mirza Bashir- ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad ra agreed, then the Jama’at should look to purchase it. Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad ra then requested Nawab Muhummad Din to acquire the lease from the government. Nawab Sahib worked tire- lessly and eventually succeeded in concluding negotiations with the government to purchase the lease. Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad ra was so pleased with Nawab Sahib’s efforts that he remarked: The credit for establishing a new centre in Pakistan goes to the Nawab Sahib. So long as the Jama’at exists the Ahmadis will continue to pray for Nawab Sahib and his achievement will ever remain fresh in their hearts. Towards the end of 1947 Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad ra visited the site and remarked: