USA Souvenir 1989 — Page 36
liazrat Khalifatul Masih II (may Allah be pleased with him) and participants of the Wembley Conference ( 1924). Chaudary Muhammad Zafarullah is seated on extreme right. Hazrat Chaudary Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (may Allah be pleased with him) (1893-1985) The eldest son of Chaudary Nasarullah Khan a famous attorney at Sialkot , Chaudry Muhammmad Zafarullah Khan pledged himself at the blessed hands of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, peace be on him. He was then 14 years of age. Ha z rat Chaudry Sahib was a graduate of the Universities of the Punjab (India) and Cambridge (UK). He was called to the Bar in 1916. His early law practice took place in Sialkot and later at Lahore. He distinguished himself as a promising young lawyer possessed with rare legal acumen. He was elected as member of the Punjab Legislative Council in 1926. He participated in the Round Table Conferences of 1930, 1931 and 1932. He also served as member of the Indian Parliamentary Reforms Committee in 1933. He was the member of the Viceroy of India's Executive Council at Delhi from 1935 to 1941. He became the lndian Minister for Railways in 1935. He was the Minister lncharge of Supplies during the Second World War in 1939. He was the Advisor on Constitutional and Legal Affairs to the Na wab of Bhopal. He was the leader of the lndian Delegation to the League of Nations in 36 1939. He pleaded the case of the Muslim League before the Radcliff Commission. He served as Agent General of India and China in 1942. In 1945 he courageously spoke for India's freedom a s the Indian Government's nominee at the Commonwealth Conference. He served as the first Foreign Minister of Pakistan from 1947 to 1954, having been appointed by the founder of Pakistan Quaide Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Later he served the International Court of Justice at the Hague as its Judge, Vice President and President from 1954 to 1970. He also served as the President of the 17th General Assembly of the United Nations from 1962 to Hazrat Chaudry Sahib laid the foundation stones of the Ahmadiyya Mosques at Lagos in 1943, at the Hague in 1955, at Hamburg in 1957, at Zurich in 1963, and constructed another at Daska, Sialkot. He dedicated his entire property for the cause of the Ahmadiyya Community in 1944 at the instance of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II, may Allah be pleased with him. He got the translation of the Tafseere Saghir done and the costs of this project were borne by him. He served as the Secretary of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II on the occassion of the Majlise Shura of 1924 (continued on page 58)