The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 280
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ' at - e -A hmadiyya proved by the countries themselves. Only certain funda mental issues are decided here and they prepare their own budgets accordingly. As such the representatives o f these countries are really not concerned with matters per taining to our budget. The Jama'ats whose Chandas do form part o f our budget are those within Pakistan. India is a separate country and since the Jama'ats o f that coun try are not contributing to our main budget, they are not directly concerned with it. Delegates from all the prov inces o f Pakistan must be represented on the various sub committees. Bengal, Karachi, Sindh, Balochistan, Baha- walpur must all be represented. Punjab should have a larger representation because it has the larger number o f Jama'ats, but the representatives should be such as can render us the maximum assistance. ” [Report Majlis~e-Shura 1952, pp. 4-5] M embers of the S ub -C ommittees should be S elected with C are (2) In this connection, Hadrat Musleh-e-Mau‘udra said: “I have been advising you time and again, and let me re peat that just as it is necessary to be careful in the selection o f delegates, and to make sure that they are competent and are capable o f forming an independent opinion, the same criterion should be applied in selecting members o f the various sub-committees. I have been told that sometimes delegates do not understand their respon sibility in this regard. I m yself once heard a delegate asking another to forward his name for a particular sub committee. O f course there is no harm in presenting one’s own name for a committee, provided one has the required ability, but it is not desirable for a delegate to ask someone else to present his name. For in such a case 2 8 0