Hazrat Memoonah Sofiyah — Page 28
28 There, she was elected as president of Lajna Ima’illah Karachi. On 25 April 1949, when Nusrat Girls School was inau- gurated in Rabwah, she moved to Rabwah but would still visit Karachi from time to time. taught religious studies and Arabic for a very long time at Nusrat Girls School. At the time of her retirement in 1959, the school staff organised a farewell party in her honour. Many Lajna who had come to attend Ijtema in Rabwah from other Jama’ats in Pakistan were also present at this party, and was presented with a gold ring as a parting gift. On 31 May 1950, she participated in the ground-breaking ceremony of the offices of Lajna Ima’illah as an honourable and respected female com- panion of the Promised Messiah as. She laid down one of the first bricks and joined in the prayer.