The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 167
T he S ystem of M ush A warat rN J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya representative does not show up, his seat can be filled. [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1970, pp. 29-301 This instruction was not limited to Faisalabad, Hudur made it mandatory for all the Jama'ats to arrange 25% alternate representatives from the whole district. They should not be chosen just from cities like Faisalabad or Sargodha, but from the rural areas also. These alternate representatives should come as Z a’irin, and if any repre sentative is absent, one o f them can take his place. Hudur said: “Every Jama* at should arrange 25% alternate representa tion. The only proper way to do this is that Jama'ats should elect 25% alternate representatives from all over the district and send them to Shura. They should not be elected only from the cities, such as Lyallpur or Sar godha, but from the whole district, including rural areas. They should come here as Za’irin, and there should be no need to send them invitations. An assessment should be made on Friday morning, and if some representatives have not turned up, alternate names should be suggested to fill the vacant seats. Suitable arrangements w ill have to be worked out in rela tion to the rural areas. People in those areas may not be able to make all these arrangements by themselves, be cause they are constrained by time and other difficulties. Therefore, those who are able to manage these things, should take it upon them selves. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1973, p. 143] In order to maintain the required number o f representa tives, the matter relating to alternate representation was 167