Souvenir on 50th Jalsa Salana USA — Page 82
CURR~:NT AMIR AND EXhl,t:TIVf. . S C>F TllE AllMADIYYA l\rlLSIJM COMMLNIT'Y USA Salzibzada Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad - Amir Sahib-;,ada M. M. Ahmad, a grandson of the Promised Messiah (AS), took over as the Amir of the Ahamdiyya Muslim Community, USA in 1989 after retiring from a distinguished career in public service, which included assignments as Additional Chief Secretary, West Pakistan, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, Pakistan, Economic Advisor to the President of Pakistan, Financial Advisor to the President, Executive Director of the World Bank and Deputy Executive Secretary of the Joint Ministerial Committee of Board of Governors World Bank and fMF. He immediately started strategic planning in the areas of finance, building of new mosques, improved supply of literature, opening of new chapters, training and propagation. The hallmark of his tenure has been the glowing compliments paid by Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV (ABA) for the unprecedented and even globally unparalleled achievements in finance. The num- ber of chapters has increased to forty five. In 1 994 Masjid Baitur Rahman, designed in the traditional Islamic architectural style with a permanent exhi- bition, library and Headquarters' Offices, was built and inaugurated in an internationally attended and glob- ally broadcast ceremony. Numerous publications have been launched in the lields of training, propagation, and in the commemoration of landmark events. Exhibitions have been held in Detroit (Michigan), New York (New York) and in Sil ver Spring (Maryland). Permanent exhibitions have been built in New York, Dayton, Chicago and Silver Spring (in the Masjid Baitur Rahman). All major chapters have their own newsletters. The system of international transmission of the sermons of Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih IV, starting with weekly transmissions in 1993, blossomed into the establishment of an earth station, jointly sponsored by the US and the Canadian Ahmadiyya Muslim Communities, culminating in the Internet transmissions in 1998. Muslim Ahmadiyya Television - USA's Studio, built in the American Fa7l Mosque, in 1996, started its pro- duction and shipping its tapes to the Marko-;, (Center) that year. 1998 National Executive Committee (Majlis-e-Amla)