The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 168
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J am A' at - e -A hmadiyya taken up by the Shura from time to time. On one occa sion, only 28 out o f 31 representatives from Gujranwala attended the Shura. Hadrat Khallfatul Maslh IIIrh ex pressed his displeasure at this and once again gave instruction about alternate representation: “Maybe this has happened before, but things come to be noticed at their own time. For some time the districts have been given their quota o f representation, e. g. , Gu jranwala has been allotted a certain number o f representatives for Shura and this time 31 representatives were to come from there. Some districts are bigger than others and their representation has been determined accordingly. Within Gujranwala, these 31 representatives are divided according to the principles that have been laid down by the Shura. But I am afraid Secretary Shura was not informed about this distribution in time. For in stance, the number o f Jama'ats in Gujranwala is far greater than 31, by the grace o f Allah, and the distribu tion can be done in various ways, e. g. , representation can be given in rotation, or areas can be earmarked for repre sentation. The result is that today I received a number o f applications from people who claimed to be representa tives o f their villages and requested for passes. When the first such application came to me, I told the concerned official that the application should have been verified by the District Amir. But then I remembered that it could also have been verified by the President o f the concerned Jama4at, since it may be difficult for people to contact the District Amir. But this had proved to be incorrect and, therefore, the verification o f the District Amir was re quired. If we had received the list o f representatives from various localities o f Gujranwala, whose total number 168