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the S ystem of M ush A warat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya taking up the nine recommendation all at once, each should be taken up separately. But it is not our practice to circulate copies o f the report among the delegates. ” [Report Majlis-e-Sfaura 1976, pp. 156-157] The same problem came up on yet another occasion. A member suggested that the report o f a sub-committee is sometimes so long that delegates cannot remember all its points. But Hadrat Khalifatul Maslh IIIrh replied that it was not that long, only one item had been read out. The delegate agreed but said that some reports are very long. Hudur said: according to our procedure, the entire report is first read out so that members may get an overview of the recommendations. But if the report contains twenty points, they are not discussed all at once, each point is taken up and discussed individually. Your objection, therefore, is not valid. The delegate again requested that if copies o f the rec ommendations could be supplied to the delegates it would facilitate things. Hudur said: “Making copies o f the report would only be necessary if the whole o f the report was to be taken up all at once, but when the recommendations have to be taken up one by one, and each item is read out a second time, there is no justification for it. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1979, pp-105-106] G eneral O bservations regarding the S ub -C ommittee R eports As already mentioned, the Shura sub-committees pre pare their reports after a detailed discussion upon all the 29 7